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The costs and consequences of antimicrobial resistance in microbial communities
Applicants are invited for a fully funded PhD position in the group of Dr Andrew Letten at the University of Queensland to study resource competition and antibiotic resistance in microbial communities. Read more
Doctoral Researcher (f/div/m) in Microbiology / Biotechnology
Leibniz-HKI-20/2022. The Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute – (Leibniz-HKI, . Read more
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Circadian rhythms in plant-microbe-soil interactions
This project is available through the MIBTP programme. The successful applicant will join the MIBTP cohort and will take part in all of the training offered by the programme. Read more
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Microbial Response to Global Change
In some from or fashion, every lifeform on Earth has been impacted by human activity, including microorganisms. Many of these microbes are involved in global biogeochemical cycling, breaking down or converting essential elements such as carbon and nitrogen. Read more
Climate change & ecosystem health: Microbial interactions and its impact on methane flux in lake ecosystems
Methane is next only to CO2 as a greenhouse gas and its atmospheric concentrations has increased 2.5-fold since preindustrial times. Read more
Microbial activity on glaciers and ice sheets: an integrated modelling and empirical approach.
Research Group:
Earth Surface Science
Glaciers and ice sheets are important microbe-dominated ecosystems, that are undergoing rapid changes due to climate change. Supraglacial (glacier surface) ecosystems contain organisms from all three domains of life, which drive carbon and nutrient cycling, and cause ice darkening, thus enhancing ice mass loss. Read more
Forests in a changing environment: A study of nitrogen cycle feedbacks
Research Group:
CENTA - Central England NERC Training Alliance
Project Highlights. Novel research to describe forest nitrogen cycle dynamics in response to global change. Access to one of the most extensively characterised ancient woodlands in the UK, facilitating opportunities for wider collaboration in forest ecology research. Read more
PhD position in the Restoration of Soil Microbial and Invertebrate Biodiversity in Urban Greenspaces
Exposure to soil biodiversity in urban greenspaces can promote human and wildlife health by impacting their microbiomes. However, the development of soil biodiversity following aboveground restoration is poorly understood, as are the pathways through which people are exposed to this biodiversity. Read more
KESS 2 East Master of Research : Microbial production of indigo dyes: Strain improvement for enhanced bioconversion efficiencies, process development and scale-up
Microbial production of indigo dyes. Strain improvement for enhanced bioconversion efficiencies, process development and scale-up. Read more
Microbial colour using textile fibre waste
Many microbes produce colour pigments due to secondary metabolites depending on the energy sources and surrounding environment. Examples include red colour produced by Penicillium miniolutem in Sabouraud broth, Rhizopus sp. Read more
Biotechnological production microbial lipids rich in gamma-linolenic acid (GLA)
Linolenic acid (GLA, ω-6 family) is a medicinally and nutritionally important polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) with a broad spectrum of applications, extending from food supplements to anti-cancer formulations. Read more
CoMoBio: Computational modelling of the formation of biofilm microbial systems
Interdisciplinary PhD opportunity for computational modelling of the formation of biofilm microbial systems. Project Description. Read more
Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC)-based sensor platforms for remote monitoring of a wide range of environments
Supervisory Team. Yannis Ieropoulos, Yue Zhang. Project description. This PhD is will investigate a novel approach for the monitoring and sensing of essential nutrients and other analytes in a wide range of environments by the deployment of 'living sensors'. Read more
Microbial and biogeochemical processes through the ocean-sediment continuum
Research Group:
Earth Surface Science
The interface between the ocean and subseafloor sediments is a critical boundary that influences life in the deep biosphere, the transport and transformation of organic carbon and nutrients, and the global carbon cycle. Read more