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Primary supervisor - Dr Dominic Cram This exciting PhD will examine how parental age and the social environment interact to shape offspring health in a wild mammal, by combining epigenetic
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, threatening global food security. We will identify the genetic and epigenetic changes associated with prolonged sub-culture of the blast fungus using comparative genome analysis and thereby define
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scope to adapt some elements of the PhD to their interests. There will also be opportunities to join related project teams in long-term condiWe are seeking a motivated and compassionate student with a
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, wheat is a staple crop of significant importance. It is among one of the few crops cultivated at high altitudes and holds significant cultural, religious and food security value. Yet, wheat production
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Primary supervisor - Dr Alper Akay This PhD project will investigate how RNA modifications influence the activity of topoisomerase I (TOP1), a crucial enzyme that regulates DNA supercoiling during
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evolutionary ecology and conservation. The long-term study of Seychelles warblers Acrocephalus sechellensis, on Cousin Island provides an excellent system for this PhD. Our database contains data on survival and
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Primary Supervisor: Prof Kate Hendry Scientific background: Meltwater fluxes from glaciers and ice shelves are increasing across West Antarctica as a result of oceanic warming as well as an increase in atmospheric temperatures. The increase in freshwater inputs into the ocean are likely linked...
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on achieving food security against the background of a changing climate and the need to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Understanding how the plant immune system works, and how it could be engineered
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Primary supervisor – Prof Parvadha Suntharalingham BACKGROUND The ocean plays a key role in controlling atmospheric greenhouse-gas levels. It removes a significant fraction of anthropogenic carbon-dioxide from the atmosphere, and also emits nitrous-oxide and methane, important greenhouse-gases...
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to undertake a 4-year PhD research project whilst enhancing professional development and research skills through a comprehensive training programme. You will join a vibrant community of world-leading researchers