Fully-funded PhD studentship: Understanding the identity and function of tumour-initiating states

Supervisor: Prof Masashi Narita Department/location: Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute Deadline for application: 16th October 2026 Course start date: 1st October 2027 Project details For further information about the research group, including their most recent publications, please visit their website at Our laboratory investigates the biology of preneoplastic cell states, with particular interest in how changes in cell functional identity and plasticity are controlled by the epigenome. We are interested in how oncogenic and metabolic signalling reshapes chromatin organisation and gene regulation, how these changes influence cellular fitness and tissue microenvironment, and which states ultimately suppress or promote tumour development.