Sainsbury funded PhD studentship available: The evolution of plant body plans
Posted by Jill Harrison, on 17 December 2015
Closing Date: 15 March 2021
The conquest of land by plants over 450 million years ago was one of the most significant events in our planet’s history, and was underpinned by a series of key innovations in plant architecture during evolution (1).
Our group aims to identify the developmental and genetic basis of two such innovations, three dimensional shoot growth and branching (2, 3) in a range of model systems representing different stages of plant evolution.
Our recently published work reports mutants with disrupted branching patterns in a moss (3-6) and ongoing work has identified mutations that disrupt 3D growth.
Your project will build on these advances to identify molecular determinants of body plan in early diverging land plant lineages.
For further information please see the Harrison lab web page (http://www.bristol.ac.uk/biology/people/jill-j-harrison/overview.html) or contact Dr Harrison directly to discuss your ideas (jill.harrison@bristol.ac.uk).
After discussion, applicants should be prepared to supply a 2-page research proposal, a CV and an academic transcript including the names of three referees.
The deadline is January 20th 2016.
International students are welcome to apply.
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