PhD Studentship: Uncovering the impact of multiple anthropogenic stress factors on rhizosphere plant-microbe interactions University of Plymouth in United Kingdom

[4-year Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership PhD studentship including tuition fees, an annual stipend of £21,805 (2026/27 rate), and a Research Training Support Grant of £5,000 per year.] PhD Studentship at the University of East Anglia: Investigating the ‘cry-for-help’ Effect in Wheat. This project explores how wheat roots respond to pathogen attack by recruiting beneficial soil microbes, a phenomenon known as the ‘cry-for-help’ effect. The successful candidate will ...

[Fully funded studentship covering fees, a maintenance stipend of £21,805 p.a. for 2026/27, and a research training and support grant (RTSG). A limited number of studentships are available for international applicants, with home/international fee difference waived by the registering university; relocation, visa, and health surcharge costs are not covered.] This PhD studentship at the University of East Anglia asks a timely ecological question: how long does it take grassland fungi to recover aft...

[Fully funded studentship covering fees, a maintenance stipend of £21,805 p.a. for 2026/27, and a research training and support grant (RTSG). Limited international studentships available with the home/international fee difference waived; relocation, visa, and UK health surcharge costs are not covered.] PhD Studentship at the University of East Anglia in the ARIES Ecology and Biodiversity theme. This project, titled Cloaks and Daggers: Fitness Effects of Ceratotoxin Antimicrobials in a Global Fru...

[Fully funded studentship covering fees, maintenance stipend of £21,805 p.a. for 2026/27, and a research training and support grant (RTSG). Limited number of places available for international applicants with the home/international fee difference waived; relocation, visa, and health surcharge costs are not covered.] This PhD studentship at the University of East Anglia explores how nature-based solutions and landscape transition affect soil carbon and soil health. The project builds on the UKRI ...

NEW PhD opportunity in molecular plant biology , plant cell engineering , and weed control at Royal Holloway University of London , in collaboration with University College London and Syngenta Jealott’s Hill . The project is titled “Engineering plant cells circuitries for multiparametric high-throughput platforms for weed control (EngCiWeCo)” and is advertised as a 4-year ICASE PhD studentship funded by the London Interdisciplinary Biosciences Consortium (LIDo) . This is a research-intensive doc...