The Franklin PhD programme
The Rosalind Franklin Institute (The Franklin) is the national institute for technology development for the life sciences in the UK – funded by the government through UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The principal goal is to bring about transformative changes in technologies which will allow us to see the biological world in new ways: from single molecules to entire systems. The insights generated will speed up drug design and development and push forward our understanding of human health and disease.
Applying for Studentship
We are looking for open-minded candidates who want to develop and use Franklin technologies in novel, interdisciplinary research spanning our different scientific themes. We welcome candidates from any scientific, maths, computing or engineering backgrounds.
PhD Project areas
Below is a set of 20 broad research areas – these research areas are an indication of research which is currently being undertaken at the Franklin, and where the project leads believe there is scope for a PhD project. Each describes a selection of scientists associated with the project which begins with a project coordinator, followed by a project description and key subject areas which the project will cover.
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Coincidental Lattice Light Sheet Microscopy and Structured Illumination Microscopy for quantitative tissue, cellular and biomolecular dynamics
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Chemical Biology
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Experimental Artificial Intelligence
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Dissecting the sugar-code in situ
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Electron Diffraction Based Methods of Structure Elucidation
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Damage Reduction using Alternative Scanning Methods in Electron Microscopy
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Electron Ptychography and Phase Retrieval in Electron Microscopy
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Biophysics, Spectroscopy and Spectrometry
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Cell-Cell Interactions
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Biological Data Science
