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We are always interested in recruiting enthusiastic and motivated students and post-docs to our group. Specific projects for Ph.D. students or post-docs are normally advertised here and on FindAPhD.

Prospective Ph.D. students and post-docs bringing their own fellowships, or who want to apply for a fellowship, and are interested in joining the lab, should email Dr da Silva ([email protected]) at any time to discuss available opportunities.

PhD Projects:

EASTBIO Probing the mechanism and dynamics of Staphylococcus aureus m1A22-tRNA methyltransferase

https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/eastbio-probing-the-mechanism-and-dynamics-of-staphylococcus-aureus-m1a22-trna-methyltransferase/?p126061

Deadline: 5th December 2022

MSc projects available (https://synergy.st-andrews.ac.uk/research/mscres/mscres-biomedical-sciences/):

Mechanisms of bacterial enzymes: towards novel antibiotics

Funding mechanisms for post-docs include:

Newton International Fellowships (http://www.newtonfellowships.org/)

Human Frontier Science Program Post-doctoral Fellowships (http://www.hfsp.org/funding/postdoctoral-fellowships)

Commonwealth Rutherford Fellowships (http://cscuk.dfid.gov.uk/apply/rutherford-fellowships/)

Marie Sklodowszka-Curie Individual Fellowships (https://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/actions/get-funding/individual-fellowship-2018_en)

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