Funded PhD in Entomopathogenic Fungi for Sustainable Pest Control University of Warwick in United Kingdom

PhD opportunity for UK students at the University of York in a project on reducing chemical pollution through future farming systems . The advertised project is titled “Understanding consumers’ responses to underutilized crops and implications for the environment” and is associated with Eleanor Jew . This is a research-focused doctoral opening spanning environmental science , agriculture , and chemistry , with additional relevance to crop systems, consumer responses, and sustainability in farmin...

PhD opportunity at the University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich, United Kingdom in the School of Biological Sciences with Prof Jon Todd. This project investigates the cycling of climate-active sulfur compounds by major crops, especially maize, with a focus on dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), microbial DMSP catabolism, and the release of climate-active gases such as dimethylsulfide (DMS). The work combines plant biology, microbiology, environmental biology, analytical chemistry, bioinformatics,...

More PhD opportunities are available in agri-relevant disciplines , including one linked to the poster’s own research theme. The opportunity is part of a fully funded dual scheme involving Nottingham Trent University and University of Nottingham . The highlighted theme is “Nitro-gen(eration): Attaining Resilient Fertilizers for Sustainable Food Production” , co-led by Katalin Kovács (University of Nottingham) and Andy Gill (Nottingham Trent University). This suggests research at the intersection...

Imperial College London is advertising a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Bioengineering , Faculty of Engineering, to join the Ballester group on an AI-driven project in antifungal drug discovery . The role focuses on building an integrated functional genomics and chemoproteomic platform to improve therapies against the fungal pathogen Candida auris . The successful candidate will develop AI models to predict whole-cell antifungal activity across ultra-large synthesis-on-dema...

PhD opportunity at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, United Kingdom, focused on wheat rust resistance , soil microbial diversity , rhizosphere microbiology , and plant-microbe interactions . The project, led by Prof Diane Saunders , investigates how disruption of wheat susceptibility genes (S-genes) affects root exudation, the wheat rhizosphere microbiome, and sustainable deployment strategies for disease resistance. The research combines field and greenhouse experiments , metagenomics ,...