PhD Studentship in Integrative Biology
Reference : SCI389
Closing Date : Open until filled
From Model to Crop: modelling IAA regulated root development in cereals
Supervisors: Professor J King (School of Mathematical Sciences), Professor M Bennett (School of Biosciences), Dr M Loose (School of Biology) and Professor R Waugh (Scottish Crop Research Institute - SCRI, Dundee)
From September 2008, a number of fully funded stipends will be available on an interdisciplinary PhD programme for highly qualified students for four-year PhD studentships in the University of Nottingham, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Centre (IDTC) for Integrative Biology. The successful student will be a member of a very active community of researchers: the IDTC is one aspect of the University’s strategic investment in integrative biology, which is seen as a key development for future research. Further details of the research area are available at: http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/science/initiatives/SABR_call.pdf.
The IDTC will be managed under the auspices of MyCIB (see: http://nottingham.mycib.ac.uk/), which co-ordinates the £9.2m Centre for Plant Integrative Biology (see: http://cpib.info/, funded by BBSRC and EPSRC). The student will be based primarily at the Sutton Bonington campus, al though they will also spend time in collaborating Schools and Institutions.
The project seeks to build on current work (particularly within the Centre for Plant Integrative Biology) on model plants in order to investigate root development in crop species and thereby provide fundamental understanding of systems of enormous practical importance. This will require an innovative programme of network construction and multi-scale modelling, guided by the unique genomic resources available through the collaboration with SCRI.
Students should have an undergraduate or Masters degree in the mathematics or a related subject and have a commitment to multidisciplinary research.
This studentship is available for a period of four years from September 2008 and provides the standard postgraduate stipend, although there are potential funding restrictions for non-EU students.
Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor J King, Email: John.King@Nottingham.ac.uk.
Applications (preferably by Email), with a detailed CV (including expected or actual degree class), together with the names and Email addresses of at least two academic referees, should be sent to Professor J King, School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD. Email: John.King@Nottingham.ac.uk.
Closing Date : Open until filled
From Model to Crop: modelling IAA regulated root development in cereals
Supervisors: Professor J King (School of Mathematical Sciences), Professor M Bennett (School of Biosciences), Dr M Loose (School of Biology) and Professor R Waugh (Scottish Crop Research Institute - SCRI, Dundee)
From September 2008, a number of fully funded stipends will be available on an interdisciplinary PhD programme for highly qualified students for four-year PhD studentships in the University of Nottingham, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Centre (IDTC) for Integrative Biology. The successful student will be a member of a very active community of researchers: the IDTC is one aspect of the University’s strategic investment in integrative biology, which is seen as a key development for future research. Further details of the research area are available at: http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/science/initiatives/SABR_call.pdf.
The IDTC will be managed under the auspices of MyCIB (see: http://nottingham.mycib.ac.uk/), which co-ordinates the £9.2m Centre for Plant Integrative Biology (see: http://cpib.info/, funded by BBSRC and EPSRC). The student will be based primarily at the Sutton Bonington campus, al though they will also spend time in collaborating Schools and Institutions.
The project seeks to build on current work (particularly within the Centre for Plant Integrative Biology) on model plants in order to investigate root development in crop species and thereby provide fundamental understanding of systems of enormous practical importance. This will require an innovative programme of network construction and multi-scale modelling, guided by the unique genomic resources available through the collaboration with SCRI.
Students should have an undergraduate or Masters degree in the mathematics or a related subject and have a commitment to multidisciplinary research.
This studentship is available for a period of four years from September 2008 and provides the standard postgraduate stipend, although there are potential funding restrictions for non-EU students.
Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor J King, Email: John.King@Nottingham.ac.uk.
Applications (preferably by Email), with a detailed CV (including expected or actual degree class), together with the names and Email addresses of at least two academic referees, should be sent to Professor J King, School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD. Email: John.King@Nottingham.ac.uk.