PHD POSITION

PhD Studentship: Designing Plant Gene Expression with Explainable AI

Deadline: 30 Nov 2026 · 18 days left

Institution: University of East Anglia
Country: United Kingdom
Field: Life sciences and medicine
Type: PhD position
Pay: £21,805 p.a.
Deadline: 30 Nov 2026 · 18 days left

About this position

Plants survive drought, heat and disease by rapidly changing which genes are switched on, where, and when. But we still cannot reliably design the regulatory DNA that controls these expression patterns. This PhD asks an ambitious question: can explainable AI discover plant DNA “design rules” that are strong enough to survive experimental testing? You will join Earlham Institute’s AI for Biology group led by Professor Ke Li. As one of the most active AI groups in the UK, you will work in a highly supportive and collaborative group, equipped with unique technical platforms for building in-house

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Applications close on 30 Nov 2026 (18 days from today). Apply on the official page; PhD Atlas does not collect applications.

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Official call: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTJ311/phd-studentship-designing-plant-gene-expression-with-explainable-ai

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