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Plant Genetics and Cell Biology PhD/MPhil – (Ph.D.)
University of Birmingham
Life and Environmental Sciences| Application Deadline: | None, but early application advised | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,232 - ≈ € 12,860 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Birmingham / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 36 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Birmingham
Research in the School centres around three broad and interlinked groupings, which focus on multi and interdisciplinary research, build upon the School's research strengths and respond to the key themes of current international agendas.
* Molecular and cell biology
* Molecular microbiology
* Organisms and Environment
These areas integrate with systems biology and structural biology. Each theme represents areas of research excellence in human, animal, plant, microbial, cell and molecular biology.
A broad range of cell biology, genetics and biochemistry approaches are used in combination with transcriptomics and proteomics and state-of-the-art microscopy.
Key facts
Type of Course: Doctoral research
Duration: PhD – 3 and 4 years full-time; MPhil – 1 year full-time
Start date: September 2011
Contents
Research areas
* Cell signalling networks associated with reproduction and development
* The dynamics of higher order chromosome organisation and the control of meiotic recombination
* Conservation of genetic resources and adaptive diversity in response to environmental change
* Dissection of genetic networks underlying complex traits
* Protein structure function analysis
Research interests of staff
* Telomere dynamics in meiosis, molecular cytogenetics of Arabidopsis and crop species. Contact: Dr Sue Armstrong
Email: s.j.armstrong@bham.ac.uk
* Evolution of developmental signalling pathways in Arabidopsis and moss. Contact: Dr Juliet Coates
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5478
Email: j.c.coates@bham.ac.uk
* Conservation and use of crop and forest genetic resources – their adaptive diversity in a changing climate. Contact: Dr Brian Ford-Lloyd
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5565
Email: b.ford-lloyd@bham.ac.uk
* Control of meiotic recombination in Arabidopsis and barley. Contact: Professor Chris Franklin
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5910
Email: f.c.h.franklin@bham.ac.uk
* Signalling networks involved in pollen tube growth regulation, Self-Incompatibility and Programmed Cell Death. Contact: Professor Noni Franklin-Tong
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 3702
Email: v.e.franklin-tong@bham.ac.uk
* Infection structures of biotrophic fungal pathogens; pathogenicity genes. Contact: Dr Jon Green
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5574
Email: j.r.green@bham.ac.uk
* Theoretical quantitative and population genetics and dissection of genetic architecture underlying polygenic traits in yeast. Contact: Dr Zewei Luo
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5404
Email: z.luo@bham.ac.uk
* Agrobiodiversity, conservation, genetic diversity and threat assessment using ecogeography, GIS and molecular marker techniques. Contact: Dr Nigel Maxted
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5571
Email: n.maxted@bham.ac.uk
* Quantitative genetics and breeding of crop plants. Contact: Dr Harpal Pooni
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5883
Email: h.s.pooni@bham.ac.uk
* Structure/function studies on mammalian and plant dehydrogenases implicated in stress, obesity and leukaemia. Contact: Dr Jon Ride
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6566
Email: j.p.ride@bham.ac.uk
* Integrating chromatin structure and global chromosome dynamics. Contact: Dr Eugenio Sanchez-Moran
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5917
Email: e.sanchezmoran@bham.ac.uk
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Requirements
Honours degree (minimum upper second class or equivalent) or Masters degree in a relevant area of Biology.
English language requirements
* IELTS 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in any band;
* TOEFL IBT 93 with no less than 20 in any band
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Master's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 93 |
Faculty
The School of Biosciences provides specialist training and conducts fundamental and applied research in a wide spectrum of biological and biochemical fields.
We are proud to deliver outstanding undergraduate and postgraduate education that offers exciting and varied career opportunities.
The largest biology School in the midlands region, we deliver internationally excellent teaching and research across the broad span of modern biology. We host a broadly-based international community of 900 undergraduates, 250 postgraduates and 300 part time students.
The School of Biosciences has an excellent research profile with 90% assessed as international quality, supporting an exciting range of teaching programmes.
Research in the School is focused into three broad and interlinked groupings: each grouping represents areas of research excellence in human, animal, plant, microbial, cell and molecular biology.
The School has major high-technology facilities for research in genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, structural biology and optical imaging.
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