PhD Candidate: Amnion Evolution & Stem Cell Modeling

THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE LIMITED; Greater London; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

The Santos Lab at The Francis Crick Institute is offering a Crick PhD project on the Evolutionary Logic of Amniogenesis, using stem cell models to study amnion formation across species.

You will work with embryonic stem cells from three species, generate 3D organoid models, and apply quantitative imaging and sequencing to uncover the signaling and transcriptional programs driving amniogenesis.

Job description

The Santos Lab at The Francis Crick Institute is offering a Crick PhD project on the Evolutionary Logic of Amniogenesis, using stem cell models to study amnion formation across species.

You will work with embryonic stem cells from three species, generate 3D organoid models, and apply quantitative imaging and sequencing to uncover the signaling and transcriptional programs driving amniogenesis.