Funded PhD position: Establishing Drosophila as a model to study the impact of pollution on embryonic development
Posted by Hilary Ashe, on 23 October 2025
Location: University of Manchester
Closing Date: 15 November 2025
A fully funded PhD position is available in Hilary Ashe’s lab at the University of Manchester studying how pollution affects gene expression dynamics in the Drosophila embryo. This project will combine genomics, quantitative imaging, developmental biology approaches and modelling to determine how air pollutants affect gene expression and the robustness of embryonic development. The PhD project will be co-supervised by Sheena Cruickshank and Magnus Rattray, University of Manchester.
Links to apply are:
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/bicentenary-establishing-drosophila-as-a-model-to-study-the-impact-of-pollution-on-embryonic-development/?p187351
https://tinyurl.com/ycweuusx
Start date: 1 October 2026
Closing Date: 15 November 2025
Scientific fields: Cell fate control and differentiation, Development and disease, Patterning, Early embryogenesis, Gene regulation
Model systems: Drosophila
Duration: Fixed term
Minimum qualifications: Applicants are expected to hold (or about to obtain) a minimum upper second-class undergraduate honours degree (or equivalent) in biology/cell biology/developmental biology or a related subject area.
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