March 2025 Update: We’re full!

Unfortunately, we won’t be able to take on any new lab members before October 2026 at the earliest. A new PhD student will be joining us in October 2025, and we’re already supporting a postdoc applying for a fellowship to start in 2026. With that, we’re officially out of desks and, more importantly, out of Elisa’s time and brain power to mentor and support anyone else! 🚫🧠

We will also not be taking new master students or summer students. Get in touch only if you’re planning to secure your own postdoctoral fellowship for a 2027 start. Prospective PhD students should apply to the 2026 BBSRC DTP cohort intake and then select our lab as a second rotation host.

Thanks for your interest, and stay tuned for future openings!

Postdocs

At any time, if you are interested in our science and would like to discuss applying for fellowships (e.g., EMBO, HFSP, Wellcome Trust Early Careeer Awards, Cambridge Herchel Smith, Branco Weiss, DFG, L’Oréal-UNESCO, EU Marie Curie), email Elisa ideally one year before your proposed start date.

PhD Students

The lab welcomes students who secured a funded scholarship, for instance via the Cambridge Trust, Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds, Commonwealth PhD Scholarships, or similar funding via Cambridge Colleges. Please be mindful of elegibility criteria (e.g., academic, residency) and timelines. If we think that you would be a good prospective colleague, we will help you drafting a cool project and preparing the funding application. Usually the Cambridge funding deadline is in early January for an October start, so if you want to apply contact Elisa well ahead of time to discuss projects and fit with the lab.

Master Students

MPhil students are encouraged to apply to the taught programs administered from PDN (Basic and Translational Neuroscience, Developmental Biology), and choose our lab for their research projects – no need to contact Elisa before being accepted into the programs. Alternatively, they can join the lab for a year-long research-only MPhil, and in this case you will need to email Elisa well in advance. We are also happy to consider visiting students wishing to do their final research project in the lab (Erasmus – like).

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