PhD Position in RNA-Based Crop Protection in Wheat and Potato Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden

The doctoral project focuses on RNA-based crop protection in two important pathosystems: wheat and potato. The central idea is to use spray-induced gene silencing (SIGS) , where externally applied double-stranded RNA is used to reduce the expression of selected pathogen genes and thereby limit disease development. In wheat, the project aims to establish SIGS against Septoria tritici blotch caused by Zymoseptoria tritici . In potato, the work builds on ongoing research on late blight caused by Ph...

PhD opportunity at the John Innes Centre in the Saunders Lab on deciphering critical regulators in wheat rust immunity . The project focuses on plant pathology , wheat genetics , molecular biology , bioinformatics , microbiology , and plant biology , with an emphasis on how branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) influence salicylic acid-mediated defence against yellow rust in wheat. The research aims to uncover the link between BCAA accumulation and activation of the MYB/SANT transcription factor Ta...

Washington State University is recruiting a full-time Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Plant Pathology at the Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center in Prosser, Washington. The postdoctoral researcher will study root microbiomes associated with dry peas and lentils, characterize pathogens in the root rot complex, and identify beneficial organisms for disease management and plant health. The work combines field, laboratory, and greenhouse research, including molec...

PhD Studentship: Designing Synthetic Proteins for Sustainable Control of Fungal Plant Diseases The University of Birmingham is offering a full-time PhD studentship in the United Kingdom through the Midlands Integrated Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP). The project combines plant pathology, fungal biology, plant immunity, computational protein design, and AI-based protein engineering. Fungal pathogens manipulate plant hosts by secreting effector proteins that disable host defences. The pro...

PhD opportunity at the University of Dundee in plant parasite effectors , host-parasite interactions , and nanobody-based tools . This EASTBIO/BBSRC-funded project is hosted in the groups of Dr Jorunn Bos and Prof Paul Birch in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Dundee , with links to the James Hutton Institute. The project focuses on developing new tools to study how plant parasites deliver and use effector molecules during infection/infestation, and how these effectors inter...