Funded PhD Studentships: How to cells divide in blood vessels?
Posted by Holly Lovegrove, on 10 November 2026
Location: University of Manchester
Closing Date: 27 November 2026
We are recruiting 2 PhD students to join the Lovegrove Lab (University of Manchester). In the lab we are interested in how cell division takes place in complex tissue environments, in particular how cell division is incorporated into developing tissues/organs without damaging tissue integrity or function.
How are cell divisions carried out correctly in growing/repairing blood vessels?
These projects will study the dynamic process of cell division in the vasculature of developing zebrafish larvae via the use/generation of transgenic constructs, advanced live in vivo confocal imaging and image analysis techniques. This will sit along-side the use of a powerful newly developed computational model (collaboration with the Finegan-Bergstralh Lab, University of Missouri, USA).
If you are interested in joining our Wellcome Trust funded group of friendly, curiosity driven researchers please follow the links below and/or email holly.lovegrove@manchester.ac.uk for more information:
Closing Date: 27 November 2026
Scientific fields: Cardiovascular development, Cell biology, Development and disease, Morphogenesis, Organogenesis, Quantitative biology and modelling
Model systems: Zebrafish
Duration: Fixed term
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