Emilia Garcia PerezBreaking Breeding Bottlenecks: Combining remote sensing and machine learning to rapidly phenotype field crop yield potential (Ref: CTP-SAI-083)
Breaking Breeding Bottlenecks: Combining remote sensing and machine learning to rapidly phenotype field crop yield potential (Ref: CTP-SAI-083)
About the Project This PhD project will develop high-throughput, automated phenotyping tools for rapid evaluation of field crops, using the potato as a model crop. Current capacity for rapidly genotyping … Read More Read More
Categories:'Guardians from the Grass’; Harnessing fungal endophytes to suppress plant parasitic nematodes of potatoes (Ref: CTP-SAI-081)
'Guardians from the Grass’; Harnessing fungal endophytes to suppress plant parasitic nematodes of potatoes (Ref: CTP-SAI-081)
About the Project Globally, ca.374 million tons of potatoes are produced per annum, providing a staple food that is rich in carbohydrate, protein, fibre and vitamin C (FAO, 2024). Several … Read More Read More
Categories:Assessing efficient application and emission reduction from using low carbon footprint fertilisers in potato agronomy (Ref: CTP-SAI-070)
Assessing efficient application and emission reduction from using low carbon footprint fertilisers in potato agronomy (Ref: CTP-SAI-070)
About the Project With the price of mineral fertilisers increasing and the state of soil health decreasing, innovative solutions are needed to meet crop nutrient demands whilst ensuring that sufficient … Read More Read More
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Antonio SanchezChina Scholarship Council: Exploring the role of extracellular vesicles in insect pest saliva
China Scholarship Council: Exploring the role of extracellular vesicles in insect pest saliva
About the Project Sap-feeding insect pests cause significant economical damage to crops globally. While probing and feeding these insects secrete saliva inside their hosts which contains a wide range of … Read More Read More
Categories:China Scholarship Council: PROTACs in plants - effectiveness, biological mechanisms and implications for use
China Scholarship Council: PROTACs in plants - effectiveness, biological mechanisms and implications for use
About the Project Agriculture for the future: climate change, expanding populations, emerging pathogens and water constraints. Food production must increase by 50% by 2050 to feed the global population in … Read More Read More
Categories:China Scholarship Council: Trimming the fat – identification of de-S-acylating enzymes from plants
China Scholarship Council: Trimming the fat – identification of de-S-acylating enzymes from plants
About the Project Plants must alter their cellular processes and functions in response to a stimulus, such as hormones or pathogens, and all of this relies upon the action of … Read More Read More
Categories:Fully Funded PhD in Biology: Past-present-future variations in carbon stocks, and trade-offs with other ecosystem services in the Kruger National Park, South Africa
Fully Funded PhD in Biology: Past-present-future variations in carbon stocks, and trade-offs with other ecosystem services in the Kruger National Park, South Africa
About the Project Supervisor 1: Prof Lindsey Gillson (Biology) Supervisor 2: Dr Jonny Gordon (Archaeology) Supervisor 3: Dr Brennen Fagan (Mathematics) Home department: Biology PhD programme: PhD in Biology Find … Read More Read More
Categories:Quantifying the net effect of photorespiration on plant carbon uptake, under ambient and elevated atmospheric CO2 levels (CENTA 2025-B1)
Quantifying the net effect of photorespiration on plant carbon uptake, under ambient and elevated atmospheric CO2 levels (CENTA 2025-B1)
About the Project Photorespiration is an essential metabolic pathway that occurs in all organisms that undertake photosynthesis (Eisenhut et al., 2019). It is thought that photorespiration lowers the efficiency of … Read More Read More
Categories:Funded PhD open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage - Forests on the edge: examining the legacy of summer climate extremes
Funded PhD open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage - Forests on the edge: examining the legacy of summer climate extremes
About the Project Climate change is rapidly transforming the growing conditions of terrestrial ecosystems, with widespread evidence of more frequent, intense, and prolonged droughts and heatwaves. There is now abundant … Read More Read More
Categories:Chemistry to defend crops: Using chemical biology to disrupt protein-protein interactions pathogens use to invade plants (BEEKMANA_U25SCI)
Chemistry to defend crops: Using chemical biology to disrupt protein-protein interactions pathogens use to invade plants (BEEKMANA_U25SCI)
About the Project Primary Supervisor - Dr Andrew Beekman With the human population projected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, the looming challenge of feeding the rapidly growing population is … Read More Read More
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