PHD POSITION

PhD Studentship: Engineering Gene Drives for Pest Insect Suppression

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
Deadline: 30 Nov 2026 · 18 days left

About this position

Primary Supervisor - Professor Tracey Chapman Mediterranean fruitfly (medfly) is a global agricultural pest that causes annual billion-dollar losses and threatens food security. It is predicted to spread to the UK within the next 2 decades due to climate warming. CRISPR-based technologies enable significant advances for population suppression, and gene drives in particular offer promise for self-propagating, sustainable alternatives to pesticides for medfly and other key pests. However, a central obstacle remains: existing drives in medfly work in principle but are not field-ready. Through the

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