Postdoctoral Researcher in Wheat Crop Genetics and Inflorescence Development John Innes Centre in United Kingdom

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 Studentship: The Hidden Immune System of Fungi—Uncovering the Roles of NLR Genes The University of Birmingham is offering a PhD studentship in fungal immunology and molecular microbiology, based in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The project investigates how nucleotide-binding and leucine-rich repeat (NLR) genes contribute to the cryptic immune system of fungi. Using the genetically tractable wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici , which contains 20 NLRs, the research will examine fungal-bacterial...

This PhD project in crop science and plant science explores how barley roots adapt to low-nitrogen conditions and how crop nitrogen-use efficiency can be improved. The research addresses the need to reduce fertiliser requirements while supporting more sustainable agricultural systems and responding to climate change and environmental pollution. Based at the International Barley Hub at The James Hutton Institute , the project connects fundamental plant biology with practical agricultural impact. ...

PhD opportunity at the Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP), Department of Biology, University of York , in collaboration with the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge . This project sits at the intersection of plant biology , engineering biology , 3D imaging , single-cell genomics , spatial transcriptomics , and computational genomics . The research asks how cells from two evolutionarily distant plant species recognise each other, reprogramme their identities, and form...

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...