Wednesday, December 15, 2010

PhD Studentships in Plant Science : Sheffield United Kingdom

Sainsbury PhD Studentships in Plant Science

Enhanced postgraduate studentships, each for four years, 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:

‘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