The Gatsby Charitable Foundation
Sainsbury PhD Studentships in Plant Science
Enhanced four year postgraduate studentships starting in October 2011, will once again be awarded by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts. Each of the supervisors below will select a candidate who will then compete at interview, with Sainsbury Undergraduate students, for one of up to three Sainsbury PhD Studentships. Interviews will be held in London on Friday, 4 March 2011. It would be expected that the studentship holder spend six months during their 3rd or 4th year at another university/institute to gain additional experience.
Interested applicants should write, attaching a CV, before 27 January 2011, to one or more of the following:
‘Novel genes modifying Polycomb-group gene action in Arabidopsis.’
Dr Justin Goodrich, Inst of Molecular Plant Sciences, Univ of Edinburgh,
Edinburgh EH9 3JH Email: justin.goodrich@ed.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 131 650 7032
‘Investigating whether stomatal development can be optimised for current and future CO2 environments’
Professor Julie Gray, Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, Univ of Sheffield,
Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN Email: j.e.gray@sheffield.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 114 222 4407
‘Maternal and paternal effects on seed size’
Dr Paula Kover, University of Bath, Dept. of Biology and Biochemistry, Bath
BA2 5DW Email: p.×.kover@bath.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1225 385059
‘Understanding the molecular basis of the influence of climate change on seasonal growth cycles’ (NB, this project will be based at Univ of Exeter)
Dr Steven Penfield, Dept of Biology (Area 8), University of York, Heslington,
York YO10 5DD Email sdp5@york.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 328755
‘Plants in a warmer world: understanding the molecular basis of temperature perception.’
Dr Philip Wigge, Cell and Developmental Biology Department, John Innes
Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH Email: philip.wigge@bbsrc.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1603 450 576 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +44 (0) 1603 450 576