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Life Prediction of Power Plant Components with Welds under Flexible, Thermal-Mechanical Loadings and Operation Cycle Optimization
University of Nottingham EPSRC CDT in Resilient Decarbonised Fuel Energy Systems
The aim of the PhD project is to investigate the creep and creep fatigue behaviours of CSEF power plant steels subject to realistic plant loading cycles. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Liu, Dr M Li, Prof W Sun
 Year round applications PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

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How do plant photosynthetic tissues fill with chloroplasts? Genetic searches
Royal Holloway, University of London School of Biological Sciences
Plant biology has arguably never been as relevant as it is today. The biology of chloroplasts underpins the biology of whole plants, and the two most-important impacts of plants for humanity. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Lopez-Juez
 Year round applications PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Self-Funded PhD Students Only

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

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Effects of organic farming practice on plant health via the microbiome
Royal Holloway, University of London School of Biological Sciences
Healthy plants, like all higher organisms, host an extensive commensal microbial community or microbiome. Non-pathogenic microbes in many cases benefit the host. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Devlin
 Year round applications PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Self-Funded PhD Students Only

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

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Self-funded project: Understanding Ralstonia solanacearum plant pathogen evolution in environmental reservoirs
University of York Department of Biology
Applications accepted for either MSc by Research or PhD. Keywords. Evolutionary ecology, Microbiology, Microbiomes, Plant pathology, Virulence, Phages. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr V Friman
 15 August 2021 PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Self-Funded PhD Students Only

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

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Stress responses in crops and sustainable production of chemicals and biomass
Royal Holloway, University of London School of Biological Sciences
The project aims at elucidating several aspects of the control of plant defences and to identify environmentally friendly forms of plant protectants and phytopharmaceuticals, leading to enhanced crop yields and solutions for animals and human health. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Devoto
 Year round applications PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Self-Funded PhD Students Only

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

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Fully-funded PhD Studentship in SICODELIQ - SImulated COntamination assisted DEcontamination of highly active LIQuid facilities
Lancaster University Department of Engineering
At Sellafield, a number of major facilities will enter Post-Operational Clean Out (POCO) and decommissioning over the next 10 years. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Boxall
 28 February 2021 PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

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MSc by Research programme - Genetic interactions and novel genes that regulate lignin biosynthesis and straw quality in barley
University of Dundee School of Life Sciences
Lignin is a major component of plant cell walls, and has a significant influence on the digestibility and uses of plant biomass. The lignin biosynthesis pathway has been one of the most intensively studied . Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Halpin
 5 August 2021 PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Self-Funded PhD Students Only

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

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PhD positions in Cellular and Molecular Plant Biology
University of Freiburg Faculty of Biology
PhD positions in Cellular and Molecular Plant Biology. We currently offer the opportunity for suitable candidates to conduct a PhD thesis in the laboratory of Prof. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof JKV Kleine-Vehn, Dr S Waidmann
 27 February 2021 PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

This project has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

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MSc by Research programme - Hunting for Veghog – characterising the plant homologue of the Hedgehog O-acyl transferase
University of Dundee School of Life Sciences
We recently identified a plant homologue of the mammalian membrane bound O-acyl transferase family that includes Hedgehog acyl-transferase (Hhat), GOAT and Porcupine. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Hemsley
 5 August 2021 PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Self-Funded PhD Students Only

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

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PhD Student (f/m/d) - in the field of plant nutrition
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)
Research in. our group. is focused on the transport and sensing of nutrients, on genotypic factors determining nutrient efficiency in plants, and stress adaptions of primary metabolism. Read more
 Supervisor: Ms S Dreßler
 15 March 2021 PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

This project has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

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PhD in cellular and structural biology - Elucidating infection at the plant-microbe interphase to define targets for crop breeding
University of Sheffield Department of Animal and Plant Sciences
Achieving food security is one of the most important global challenges. Crop production and yield has been increasingly threatened by plant pathogens in a rapidly changing environment. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Voigt
 Year round applications PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Self-Funded PhD Students Only

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

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Rapid approaches to assess power-plant loading for novel aircraft concepts under extreme events
Queen’s University Belfast School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
This project will investigate novel computational methods for modelling and assessing the impact of extreme events on current and future power-plant and aircraft design concepts. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Nolan, Dr D Quinn
 Year round applications PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

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A biosynthetic platform for plant-derived therapeutics: enzymatic production of novel flavonoids as potential anti-inflammatory drug candidates
The University of Manchester Department of Chemistry
Inflammation is involved in a vast number of diseases, and often underlies chronic pain, a debilitating condition affecting over 1.5Bn people worldwide. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof N Scrutton
 14 May 2021 PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

This research project has funding attached. It is only available to UK citizens or those who have been resident in the UK for a period of 3 years or more. Some projects, which are funded by charities or by the universities themselves may have more stringent restrictions.

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Advanced virtual reality future power plant dynamic simulations
University of Sheffield Department of Mechanical Engineering
This project aims to combine computational fluid dynamics, chemical process modelling and virtual system simulation techniques to develop a dynamic modelling tool for power plant performance simulations. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Pourkashanian, Prof L Ma, Prof K Hughes, Prof D Ingham
Open Day(s)  Year round applications PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Self-Funded PhD Students Only

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

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PhD Student (f/m/d) - in the field of plant reproductive development
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)
The independent research group. Applied Chromosome Biology. has an open position for a PhD Student to work on the mechanism of unreduced gamete formation. Read more
 Supervisor: Ms S Dreßler
 6 March 2021 PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

This project has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

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