2 developmental PhD positions at University of Exeter

PhD studentship (funded) : Modification and developmental control of leaf surface wettability in floating aquatic plants

University of Exeter | Exeter, England | United Kingdom | about 4 hours ago

UK tuition fees and an annual tax-free stipend of at least £20,780 per year Free-floating duckweeds and water ferns are highly successful, fast-growing, invasive pond plants. Despite their diversity in leaf size, shape and surface texture, all species have an astonishing ability to self-right...

PhD studentship (funded): Function, biochemistry and development of wettable trapping surfaces in three lineages of carnivorous pitcher plants

University of Exeter | Exeter, England | United Kingdom | about 4 hours ago

) the implications of the different topographical features for surface wetting and water spreading, (2) the chemical composition of the cuticle covering these wettable surfaces, and (3) the developmental and genetic