Prof R Roehe
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Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
About the Project
Scotland’s Rural College and University of Edinburgh
SRUC, Scotland’s Rural College, delivers comprehensive skills, education and business support for Scotland’s land-based industry founded on world class, sector leading research, education and consultancy. Our 1350 staff are located on 6 campuses and around 40 business units across Scotland and the North of England. SRUC’s joint submission with the University of Edinburgh to the Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Science subpanel of the Research Excellence Framework (REF2014) ranks top in the UK on research power.
The research is funded by SRUC and the EU project MetaPlat and will focus on the topic of the microbiome in the rumen of cattle. The research will be based on our recently published study in PLOS Genetics on the bovine microbiome (Roehe et al. 2016) which indicates that rumen microbial genes are highly informative to predict methane emissions and feed conversion efficiency with high potential for implementation in genetic improvement programmes. The overall aim of this project is to understand the underlying network of rumen microbial genes and how these networks affect performance traits. The student will gain substantial knowledge on the microbiome, metabolic pathways of the microbiome and how network analysis can be used to identify those pathways. The student will have the opportunity to work within an interdisciplinary research group at SRUC, the Roslin Institute and the bioinformatics company NSilico.
A minimum of a 2:1 degree or equivalent in Animal Science, Genetics, Microbiology, Bioinformatics or Computer Sciences is required. A Masters degree in a relevant area would be an advantage, as would genetic, metagenomic and bioinformatic experience. This PhD will be registered with the University of Edinburgh. The student will be based mainly at SRUC Edinburgh, but will have an 8-12 month period at our project partner NSilico (Cork, Ireland), where an easy-to-use metagenomics platform for agricultural science is being developed. The stipend will be £14,553 per annum. The expected start date is 2nd October 2017.
Funding Notes
This 3.5 year studentship is funded to pay the tuition fees of UK/EU nationals only. Non UK/EU nationals must provide evidence of sufficient funds to cover the difference between the home and international student tuition fee level (this would be approximately £14,900 per year). The opportunity to access a top–up allowance of up to €2,000 per month is available to support travel, accommodation and subsistence costs during the period spent in Ireland (12 months maximum).
References
Online applications for this post can be submitted via our website www.sruc.ac.uk/jobs Applicants who are unable to access the online system can request an application pack from Audrey.Johnstone@sruc.ac.uk quoting reference SRUC/1030706/Roehe(2). Please note that CV’s will not be accepted without a completed application form. If English is not an applicant’s first language, an IELTS/TOEFL certificate should be submitted with the application as evidence that the candidate meets the language requirements for PhD study at Edinburgh University. To have an informal discussion about this studentship, contact Prof Rainer Roehe, Rainer.Roehe@sruc.ac.uk Tel 0131 651 9367.
The closing date for the return of applications is 5pm on 11th August 2017
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