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John Innes Centre PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 16 John Innes Centre PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Protein Use Efficiency in Wheat for reduced agricultural greenhouse gas emmissions (GRIFFITHS_J27CASE)

John Innes Centre
Graduate Programme
Primary Supervisor - Dr Simon Griffiths. PhD Opportunity. Improving Protein Use Efficiency in Wheat. Help shape the future of sustainable wheat production. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Griffiths
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Discovering the next generation of antibiotics (WILKINSON_J27DTP)

John Innes Centre
Graduate Programme
Primary Supervisor - Professor Barrie Wilkinson. The continued evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria presents a significant threat to global health and new compounds with novel mechanisms of action are urgently needed. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof B Wilkinson
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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From Defence to Antibiotic production: Uncovering New Roles for NLR Signalling in Multicellular Bacteria (SCHLIMPERT_J27DTP)

John Innes Centre
Graduate Programme
Primary Supervisor - Professor Susan Schlimpert https://www.schlimpertlab.com/. Nucleotide-binding and oligomerisation domain-like receptors (NLRs) are famous for driving immune responses in plants and animals. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Schlimpert
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Deciphering critical regulators in wheat rust immunity (SAUNDERS_J27DTP)

John Innes Centre
Graduate Programme
Primary Supervisor - Professor Diane Saunders. Successful plant pathogens hijack plant metabolism and biosynthetic pathways to enrich nutrient availability. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D Saunders
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Plant temperature signalling via modulation of small-RNA signalling (PENFIELD_J27DTP)

John Innes Centre
Graduate Programme
Given the accelerating pace of climate change it is important to understand how plants adapt to temperature changes and how to engineer crops to cope with more variable seasonal growth environments. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Penfield
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Manipulating meiotic crossover control in wheat (MORGAN_J27DTP)

John Innes Centre
Graduate Programme
Meiotic recombination generates the genetic diversity on which both evolution and crop breeding depend. In wheat and other cereals, crossovers are strongly biased towards certain regions of the genome, leaving vast stretches almost untouched. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Morgan
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating the ‘cry-for-help’ effect in wheat (MALONE_J27DTP)

John Innes Centre
Graduate Programme
Soil microbial associations with roots are highly complex and incredibly important for healthy plant growth. Consequently, plants secrete diverse metabolites to attract/repel key microorganisms from the surrounding soil. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Malone
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Advertising title: Breaking Code: Deciphering the Biology of the Selfless Virus-like Gene Transfer Agents (LE_J27DTP)

John Innes Centre
Graduate Programme
Bacteria commonly exchange genetic information (DNA) in a process called horizontal gene transfer as they evolve and adapt to changes in their local environment. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof T Le
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Antibiotic discovery in Streptomyces bacteria (HUTCHINGS_J27DTP)

John Innes Centre
Graduate Programme
Primary Supervisor - Professor Matt Hutchings. Antimicrobial resistance in disease-causing bacteria represents a significant threat to global health. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Hutchings
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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How do the connections between a cell and its neighbours control how a cell responds? (FAULKNER_J27DTP)

John Innes Centre
Graduate Programme
Plant cells are connected to their neighbours via ‘tubes’ called plasmodesmata, creating an interconnected cytoplasm that joins cells within and between tissues and organs. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Faulkner
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Where does RNA go in the cold? Visualing Coolair RNA inside Plant Cells (DING_J27DTP)

John Innes Centre
Graduate Programme
Primary Supervisor - Professor Yiliang Ding. Plants cannot escape changes in their environment and must continually adjust their growth and development in response to temperature. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Y Ding
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Endosymbiosis-mediated Regulation of Nuclear Calcium Signalling (CHARPENTIER_J27DTP)

John Innes Centre
Graduate Programme
Are you passionate about plant biology, endosymbiosis, or bioengineering? Join a cutting-edge research project exploring how plants communicate with beneficial soil microbes to uptake nutrients. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Charpentier
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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How to build an immune receptor: AI-led protein design for engineering disease resistance (BANFIELD_J27DTP)

John Innes Centre
Graduate Programme
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 on achieving food security against the background of a changing climate and the need to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Banfield
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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4 Year Fully Funded PhD Opportunities in Bioscience and Biotechnology

John Innes Centre
The Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership holds a UKRI-BBSRC funded Doctoral Landscape Award. We offer PhD studentships at one of the largest and most successful centres for biological and biotechnological research and training in Europe. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  4 Year PhD Programme
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Engineering plant cell walls beyond the digestive range of a pest’s bacterial symbiont

John Innes Centre
Molecular Microbiology
Most herbivorous insects cannot digest a leaf unaided. Pectin, the polysaccharide that cements plant cell walls together, is a particular obstacle, and many beetles overcome it by carrying bacteria that supply the enzymes they lack. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H S Salem, Dr AB Berasategui
 20 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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