Author: gibson1matt

We have several PhD vacancies to join our team in 2026. These projects are suitable for candidates form chemistry, biochemistry and cell biology backgrounds. The projects aim from new glycobiology tools for controlled delivery, polymers to bind/interface with ice crystals and polymers to recover/remediate metals. We have world-class facilites and a large multidisciplinary group of … Continue reading PhD Vacancies for 2026 start

WE have a fully funded (For UK applicants only) PhD studentship to join our team. This will seek to replace animal products in the entire process of culturing, cryopreserving, and delivering cells, and cell-based therapies. Details here: https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/new-polymer-biomaterials-to-expand-and-deliver-cells-with-animal-free-technologies/?p174750

We have a unique PhD opportunity joint with Peking University in China. Full details are here https://gibsongroupresearch.com/join-us/

We have a new vacancy to join the team. Details are here.

Our group is part of a Manchester based team, led by Prof Mike Shaver, who have been awarded a major grant from EPSRC to work with BUPA. This project will investigate single use plastics in healthcare and evaluate how we can we re-use and recycle these. Our role will include chemical characterization of the materials … Continue reading Prosperity Partnership with Bupa Success

We have 4 PhD vacancies to join our team, exploring sustainable biomaterials for biotechnology and health, new antimicrobials and diagnostics and more. Read here for details. https://wordpress.com/page/gibsongroupresearch.com/40

We have a long interest in developing new tools for cryobiology: a key challenge is looking at Nature for inspiration. In our latest work, in collaboration with Tom Whale and Kew Gardens, we explore how a range of ice nucleating macromolecules from >50 pollen species nucleate ice. This appears to suggest that the ice nucleation … Continue reading Latest work published in Biogeosciences

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We have two post doctoral vacancies opening in our team. These are both 2 year contracts, working in polymers/nanomaterials for biomedical applications, but with a lot of flexibility. Find details here. https://gibsongroupresearch.com/join-us/

We have been developing the field of 'chemical cryobiology', to develop and discover new tools to allow the cryopreservation of biologics. We have a particular interest in cryopreserving complex cellular models, which can be used as alternatives to animal testing but are not available 'off the shelf', relying on complex cell culture. In this latest … Continue reading Publication of Transwell Monolayers published