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Bacterial foodborne disease represents a huge financial and public health burden; it is estimated that there are 2.4 million cases of foodborne disease in the UK each year, at an estimated cost of
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Crohn’s Disease (CD) is a type of inflammatory bowel disease affecting > 120,000 people in the UK. It is a life-long condition often diagnosed in young adulthood. Symptoms include chronic abdominal
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interactions. Atmosphere-ocean surface heat exchange is highest during cold-air outbreaks and high surface wind speeds and thus often associated with mesoscale weather systems such as barrier winds, polar lows
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Bronchiectasis is a chronic respiratory disease affecting 1 in 200 people in the UK. Recurrent infections with Pseudomonas aeruginosa are common and lead to worse clinical outcomes. One
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standard minimum entry requirement is 2:1. Mode of study: Full-time Start date: 1st October 2026 Funding This PhD project is in a competition for a Faculty of Science funded studentship. Funding is
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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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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