Fully funded 4-year PhD studentship starting October 2024

Exciting opportunity to join our lab at The Francis Crick Institute and the AstraZeneca/The Francis Crick Institute/Imperial College London EPSRC Prosperity Partnership on Molecular Glue Discovery. Applications welcome from UK and international candidates with a strong chemical biology, molecular bioscience, or biochemistry background, and a passionate interest in new approaches for drug discovery. More information at the link below: 

https://www.crick.ac.uk/careers-study/vacancies/2024-02-09-tate-redmond-unlocking-intractable-drug-targets-through-rational-discovery-of-molecular-glue-degraders Application deadline 19th March 2024.

Fully funded 1-year MRes + 3-year PhD starting October 2024

In this project you will develop and apply a platform of chemical biology technologies to explore the interactome of any oligonucleotide therapeutic in living cells, combining synthetic oligonucleotide probes with quantitative proximity labelling proteomics.

You will benefit from a unique supervision team and access to state-of-the-art facilities, including expertise in chemical biology and proteomics (Tate, Imperial/Crick), RNA biology and therapeutics (Vernia, MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences), and RNA therapeutic discovery (Knerr, AstraZeneca Sweden).

For more information, or to apply follow the link and select Understanding and Optimising RNA Therapeutic Delivery: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/chemical-biology/study/studentships-for-october-2024-entry/

Application deadline 25th March 2024.

PhD studentships 

Any students interested in pursuing postgraduate research in our group other than the studentships listed above should contact Professor Tate directly; all prospective applicants should have or expect to obtain a 1st class honours degree (or equivalent) in chemistry, biochemistry, or a closely related discipline; non-UK students must be able to obtain independent funding for their studies, e.g. via a government bursary. 

Postdoctoral opportunities

We welcome informal enquiries from potential postdoctoral fellows with outstanding research track records who are prepared to apply for independent research funding, for example from the European Union, HFSP, etc. Full assistance will be given in preparing a competitive research proposal; we have an exceptional track record in accelerating the careers of outstanding postdoctoral researchers, with six Marie Curie fellows in our lab in the past four years.