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Primary supervisor - Prof Mark Banfield Like animals, plants get sick, but they have an immune system to fight back against infection. Plant diseases are a threat to food production and a constraint
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Primary supervisor - Dr Myriam Charpentier Nitrogen (N) acquisition is fundamental for plant growth. However, N is poorly available in soils, leading to extensive and costly chemical fertiliser
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is required, and a knowledge of phylogenetic methods and/or palaeoecological statistical techniques is desirable. The research will include work with established museum collections in Namibia, and use
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Primary Supervisor - Prof Diane Saunders Scientific background Bhutan is well-known for its extraordinarily high species richness and endemism rate. With only ~8% of Bhutan’s land being arable
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, yet little is known about the structure or function of most of these complex metabolites. The PhD student will analyse large metagenomic datasets from bacteria associated with patients to discover new
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Primary supervisor - Prof Colin Cooper It is well established that bacteria can cause human cancer, with, for example, Helicobacter pylori implicated in the development of gastric cancer and
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% of the pregnant cohort can develop pyelonephritis compared to 2% of non-pregnant counterparts. Uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) is found in over 40% of cases and is the most important cause of RUTIs. There are various
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subtype stx2a is linked to a higher chance of this progression and sequence-based surveillance has indicated increasing acquisition of this subtype across genetically diverse E. coli. In this project, we
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. Increasing evidence suggests that chemo- and immunotherapies can alter the gut microbiome, which is closely linked to immune regulation. Both innate and adaptive immune responses can be shaped by changes in
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additional cohorts. The project is a collaboration between the Quadram Institute (QIB), Earlham Institute (EI) and Imperial College. If you are interested in metagenomics, understanding the disease association