Frost Lab

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Join us in London.

We have funded PhD projects open across four doctoral programmes, a currently open fully-funded postdoctoral position, and we welcome enquiries from postdoctoral researchers with their own funding.

Open position

Research Associate

We are excited to be recruiting a new Postdoctoral Research Associate to the Frost lab. The successful candidate will apply a range of computational approaches to analyse, integrate and interpret large-scale public and in-house-generated genetic and epigenetic datasets to investigate the role of transposable elements in placental development and pregnancy.

Full-time, three-year fixed-term post based at Guy’s Campus, London Bridge.

Closing date 25 June 2026.

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PhD projects

  1. 01

    EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Data-Driven Health (DRIVE-Health)

    Using genetic biobank data to identify common factors between placental function and cardiovascular disorders

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  2. 02

    Wellcome Trust Advanced Therapies for Regenerative Medicine PhD training programme

    Endogenous retroviruses in placental development and pregnancy complications

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  3. 03

    MRC DTP

    The role of chromatin remodeller HELLS in transposon regulation and imprinting in human placenta

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  4. 04

    BBSRC LIDo (Frost Lab + Dr Matt Silver, LSHTM)

    Epigenetic regulation of transposable elements in the human placenta and its impact on placental development and function

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Postdoctoral opportunities

Bring your own funding

We are open to enquiries from postdoctoral researchers wishing to apply with their own funding, and we’re happy to discuss fellowship applications.

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