PHD POSITION

PhD Studentship: Raman Spectroscopy for Early On-Farm Diagnosis of Nephrocalcinosis…

Deadline: 8 Dec 2026 · 26 days left

Institution: University of Exeter
Country: United Kingdom
Field: Life sciences and medicine
Type: PhD position
Pay: The studentship will provide funding of fees and a stipend of £21,805 per annum for 2026/7
Deadline: 8 Dec 2026 · 26 days left

About this position

Rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon represent the gold standard for technologically advanced fish farming (aquaculture). The market is valued at $5.3 billion for trout globally (£59 million in the UK) and $18.9 billion for salmon globally (£1.13 billion in the UK). An emerging but quantitatively important disease problem in aquaculture is nephrocalcinosis (‘kidney stones’ formed by precipitation of calcium minerals). This is now the #1 issue of concern within trout producers for all 4 categories surveyed (‘mortality’, ‘reduced growth’, ‘reduced-welfare’ and ‘increasing problem’), and ranked 1st,

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Applications close on 8 Dec 2026 (26 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/DTK965/phd-studentship-raman-spectroscopy-for-early-on-farm-diagnosis-of-nephrocalcinosis-kidney-stone-disease-the-1-issue-of-concern-for-salmon-and-trout-aquaculture

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