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compare host responses to infection across distantly-related land plant lineages. The goal of this project is to explore the delicate balance between disease resistance and susceptibility to filamentous
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Primary Supervisor - Dr Lidong Be Scientific Background One of the key challenges in volcanology is understanding changes in volcanic activities during crises, such as transitions from effusive
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modifications affect topoisomerase activity during C. elegans nervous system development. This multidisciplinary project provides advanced training in molecular genetics, genomics, and translational biotechnology
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, and tip jets, embedded within cold-air masses. As sea-ice retreats, the location of the highest heat fluxes also retreats, which is now contributing to changes in the atmospheric forcing
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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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Primary supervisor - Prof Naomi Vaughan Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is used in all future emission scenarios to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and is relied upon in most national climate
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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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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 Rebecca Taylor This project is recruiting to a 1st February 2026 start date. Ageing is associated with increased rates of disease, including neurodegenerative conditions
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, and how they will evolve under future global change. To accurately assess the combined impact of different greenhouse-gases on climate it is important to use models that integrate the underlying carbon