Plant Biology Professors and Supervisors in United Kingdom

EASTBIO PhD opportunity at the University of Dundee in plant science, with a focus on how cereals make their skin: plant surface development, cuticle formation, epidermal cell differentiation, and stress resilience in barley. The project explores how land plants coordinate protective surface features such as the waxy cuticle, gas pores, and defensive epidermal structures. Using barley as the model system, the research will combine biochemical and molecular biology approaches with CRISPR-Cas gene...

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 ,...

[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 ...