27/11/24
The London Interdisciplinary Doctoral training consortium (LIDo), a programme that has been training PhD students since 2012, has received new funding to support over 130 PhD bioscientists over the next five years. This funding will focus on PhDs that combine bioscience with artificial intelligence and advanced computation.
Dr QueeLim Ch'ng (Centre for Developmental Neurobiology and the Institutional Lead for King's College London) said "This new award from UKRI/BBSRC will enable LIDo to develop a new generation of researchers who can integrate experimental bioscience with advanced computational methods such as artificial intelligence. LIDo continues to show leadership through its emphasis on interdisciplinary research, professional development, cohort building and networking, alumni engagement, and EDI. We will ensure all talented and qualified students can access opportunities in LIDo regardless of socio-economic or demographic background or other disadvantages by collaborating with widening participation organisations."
The consortium consists of eight leading London universities, including UCL, King’s College London, Queen Mary University of London, Royal Veterinary College, Birkbeck, University of London, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Royal Holloway, University of London, and the University of Greenwich’s Natural Resources Institute.
LIDo collaborates with external partners across various sectors, such as Unilever, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, the Natural History Museum, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Food Standards Agency, Discovery Park, and the Alan Turing Institute. The programme aims to equip students with interdisciplinary skills to address complex bioscience challenges and is currently open for applications for the 2025 autumn intake (deadline 11 December 2024).
