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Dr L Dicks
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Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
About the Project
BerryWorld is the UK’s leading soft fruit marketing company, sourcing raspberries, strawberries and blueberries from around the world for UK supermarkets. BerryWorld recognises pollination as a core element of sustainability for the business.
Globally, pollinators are worth $235 to $577 billion per year for their direct contribution to production of crops, including many fruits, vegetables and oils. Approximately half of this pollination value comes from wild insects, many of which are declining in range and/or abundance. Effective conservation action to reverse these declines is needed, and agriculture is a key sector for taking action. This project is at the forefront of pollinator conservation, engaging agricultural industry in managing landscapes to support specific natural resources of direct value to their business through pollination.
This project aims to develop and test rapid, new approaches to measure and predict pollination services provided by wild and managed pollinators in commercial blueberry and raspberry farms, and to use these techniques to explore how pollination services respond to landscape structure. The findings will enable the CASE partner Berry World, a key player in the UK soft fruit industry, to understand what ‘pollinator-friendly’ landscapes look like for soft fruit.
The student will have the opportunity to learn pollination ecology, machine learning, DNA extraction and sequencing techniques and bioinformatics. The project includes three months of industrial placement with BerryWorld, including one month working with soft fruit growers in South Africa.
This Industrial CASE project has been shortlisted for funding by the Norwich Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (NRPDTP). Shortlisted applicants will be interviewed as part of the studentship competition on either the 9th, 10th or 11th January 2018.
The Norwich Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (NRPDTP) offers postgraduates the opportunity to undertake a 4 year research project whilst enhancing professional development and research skills through a comprehensive training programme. You will join a vibrant community of world-leading researchers.
For further information and to apply, please visit our website: http://biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/the-programme/industrial-case
For more information on the supervisor for this project, please go here: https://www.uea.ac.uk/biological-sciences/people/profile/lynn-dicks
Type of programme: PhD
Start date of project: 1st October 2018
Mode of study: Full time
Length of studentship: 4 years
Students with, or expecting to attain, at least an upper second class honours degree, or equivalent, are invited to apply.
Globally, pollinators are worth $235 to $577 billion per year for their direct contribution to production of crops, including many fruits, vegetables and oils. Approximately half of this pollination value comes from wild insects, many of which are declining in range and/or abundance. Effective conservation action to reverse these declines is needed, and agriculture is a key sector for taking action. This project is at the forefront of pollinator conservation, engaging agricultural industry in managing landscapes to support specific natural resources of direct value to their business through pollination.
This project aims to develop and test rapid, new approaches to measure and predict pollination services provided by wild and managed pollinators in commercial blueberry and raspberry farms, and to use these techniques to explore how pollination services respond to landscape structure. The findings will enable the CASE partner Berry World, a key player in the UK soft fruit industry, to understand what ‘pollinator-friendly’ landscapes look like for soft fruit.
The student will have the opportunity to learn pollination ecology, machine learning, DNA extraction and sequencing techniques and bioinformatics. The project includes three months of industrial placement with BerryWorld, including one month working with soft fruit growers in South Africa.
This Industrial CASE project has been shortlisted for funding by the Norwich Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (NRPDTP). Shortlisted applicants will be interviewed as part of the studentship competition on either the 9th, 10th or 11th January 2018.
The Norwich Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (NRPDTP) offers postgraduates the opportunity to undertake a 4 year research project whilst enhancing professional development and research skills through a comprehensive training programme. You will join a vibrant community of world-leading researchers.
For further information and to apply, please visit our website: http://biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/the-programme/industrial-case
For more information on the supervisor for this project, please go here: https://www.uea.ac.uk/biological-sciences/people/profile/lynn-dicks
Type of programme: PhD
Start date of project: 1st October 2018
Mode of study: Full time
Length of studentship: 4 years
Students with, or expecting to attain, at least an upper second class honours degree, or equivalent, are invited to apply.
Funding Notes
Full Studentships cover a stipend (RCUK rate: £14,553pa – 2017/8), research costs and tuition fees at UK/EU rate, and are available to UK and EU students who meet the UK residency requirements.
Students from EU countries who do not meet the UK residency requirements may be eligible for a fees-only award. Students in receipt of a fees-only award will be eligible for a maintenance stipend awarded by the NRPDTP Bioscience Doctoral Scholarships, which when combined will equal a full studentship. To be eligible students must meet the EU residency requirements. For funding eligibility guidance, please visit our website: http://biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/how-to-apply/funding-and-eligibility
Students from EU countries who do not meet the UK residency requirements may be eligible for a fees-only award. Students in receipt of a fees-only award will be eligible for a maintenance stipend awarded by the NRPDTP Bioscience Doctoral Scholarships, which when combined will equal a full studentship. To be eligible students must meet the EU residency requirements. For funding eligibility guidance, please visit our website: http://biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/how-to-apply/funding-and-eligibility
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