Fully Funded PhD: Liver Metabolism & Autophagy

University of East Anglia; Norwich; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully funded

Stipend £21,805 p.a.

Tuition fees paid

4-year programme

Internship placement

Job summary

University of East Anglia, in Norwich, offers a fully funded 4-year Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership PhD studentship beginning 1 October 2027. The project investigates lipid metabolism in the liver under high-fat diets, with opportunities to work in Quadram Institute and across institutions, including translational aims and a professional internship.

Stipend (£21,805 p.a. for 2026/27) and tuition fees paid, plus a Research Training Support Grant of £5,000 per year,

Qualifications

• At least UK equivalence Bachelor’s (Honours) 2:1.
• English language requirement: IELTS 6.5 overall, 6 in each category.
• Start date: 1 October 2027.

Responsibilities

• PhD project to define mechanisms mediating lipid metabolism in liver under high fat diets.
• Train in preclinical in vivo models, in vitro work, cellular and molecular biology and immunology methodologies including confocal microscopy and spectral flow cytometry.
• Supervision by two molecular biologists; opportunity to work across labs at Quadram Institute and University of East Anglia; present results at conferences.

Education

UK equivalence Bachelor’s (Honours) 2:1

Job description

University of East Anglia, in Norwich, offers a fully funded 4-year Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership PhD studentship beginning 1 October 2027. The project investigates lipid metabolism in the liver under high-fat diets, with opportunities to work in Quadram Institute and across institutions, including translational aims and a professional internship.

Stipend (£21,805 p.a. for 2026/27) and tuition fees paid, plus a Research Training Support Grant of £5,000 per year,