Dear CCP4 community, I would be grateful if members could forward the following PhD studentship advertisement to any strong undergraduates or prospective PhD students who may be interested.
The 4-year studentship, based at Newcastle University in partnership with Diamond Light Source, combines structural biology, microbiology, AI-guided protein engineering and chemical analysis to establish the molecular basis of rare-earth element binding in lanthanophores and explore their use in biorecovery of REEs from environmental samples. Funding: 100% Home fees plus a minimum tax-free stipend of £31,805/year (for students eligible for Home fee status). Start date: 1st October 2026 Application closing date: Monday 17th July 2026 Sponsor: DFA NERC Supervisors: Prof Paul Race, Dr Jem Stach, Dr Jon Sellars, Prof Justin Perry, Dr Christian Orr Eligibility: Minimum 2:1 Honours degree (or international equivalent) in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Molecular or Structural Biology, or a related discipline. Open only to students eligible for Home rate fees. Full details and application instructions (programme code 8020F, studentship reference SNES311) are available via the Newcastle Apply portal: https://applyto.newcastle.ac.uk/ Contact: Prof Paul Race - [email protected] Many thanks, Chris -- Dr. Christian Orr Principal Beamline Scientist - K04 / I04-1 Diamond Light Source Ltd. Diamond House Harwell Science and Innovation Campus Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE United Kingdom +44 (0)123556 7435 This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential, copyright and or privileged material, and are for the use of the intended addressee only. If you are not the intended addressee or an authorised recipient of the addressee please notify us of receipt by returning the e-mail and do not use, copy, retain, distribute or disclose the information in or attached to the e-mail. Any opinions expressed within this e-mail are those of the individual and not necessarily of Diamond Light Source Ltd. Diamond Light Source Ltd. cannot guarantee that this e-mail or any attachments are free from viruses and we cannot accept liability for any damage which you may sustain as a result of software viruses which may be transmitted in or with the message. Diamond Light Source Limited (company no. 4375679). Registered in England and Wales with its registered office at Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, United Kingdom. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/
