PhD project: lethal zygosis in bacteria restricting AMR plasmids — University of St Andrews (EASTBIO)

Competition-funded PhD project in Dr Tatiana Dimitriu's group (with Prof M F White), School of Biology, University of St Andrews, through the EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. It characterises the mechanism of lethal zygosis, where recipient bacteria that restrict a conjugative AMR plasmid die from unregulated mating events, studies its dynamics in environmental and clinical E. coli strains and examines the consequences for plasmid and phage infection dynamics; it includes a 3-month non-academic placement. The listed deadline is 16 November 2026.