Animal Health and Welfare, Biogeochemical Cycles, Biotechnology, Brain Function and Neuro-Degeneration, Cell Biology, Developmental Systems and Ageing, Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Resource Management and Ecosystems, Epidemiology and Modelling, Food Security, Gene Expression, Genomics and Bioinformatics, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Infectious Disease, Molecular Systems Biology, Molecular Structure and Mechanism, Network Reengineering, Neuroscience, Pathogenesis Mechanisms, Plant Pathology and Entomology, Plant Science, Signalling Pathways, Synthetic Biology.The EPSRC and BBSRC Synthetic Biology Centre for Doctoral Training (SynBioCDT) is a 4-year doctoral programme that offers training in the new field of Synthetic Biology, the 'Engineering of Biology'. This centre is a collaboration between the Universities of Oxford, Bristol and Warwick. We encourage applications from students with a wide range of academic backgrounds, including Engineering, Biology, Biochemistry, Physics, Plant Sciences, Chemistry, Statistics, Mathematics and Computing.