Fully Funded PhD Opportunity: Bacterial Bioelectricity!
We are recruiting a PhD student to join us at the University of Warwick!
Bacteria use electrical potential across their membranes to power essential cellular processes. But could membrane voltage also act as a regulatory signal, helping cells coordinate metabolism, energetics and survival in changing environments?
This PhD project will investigate how bacterial membrane voltage interacts with intracellular pH, cellular energy state and physiological responses. Using live-cell fluorescence microscopy, bacterial physiology and quantitative analysis, we aim to understand how electrical dynamics contribute to the regulation of bacterial life.
We welcome applications from students interested in biophysics, quantitative biology, systems biology and fundamental questions about how living cells function.
The project is fully funded through the Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP) and is open to applicants worldwide.
**Application deadline:** 23 November 2026
