hold, or be about to obtain, a minimum upper second-class undergraduate honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline
experience or interest in plant–microbe interactions from an ecology or microbiology background
keen to develop computational and multi-omics skills
strong interest in ecological and plant–microbiome questions and wish to gain lab-based experience
demonstrate analytical thinking, curiosity for interdisciplinary research, and the ability to integrate experimental and computational approaches.

This 3.5-year PhD is fully funded by The University of Manchester for UK (Home) students only. Funding for this project covers tuition fees, UKRI minimum annual stipend (currently £20,780/annum) and up to a £2.5k/annum research training support grant.

PhD in Plant Sciences

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