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Sainsbury funded PhD studentship available: The evolution of plant body plans

Posted by , on 17 December 2015

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 ...

Recent jobs by Jill Harrison

HFSP funded post-doctoral position on the origin of vascular plants.

Posted by , on 17 May 2024

I am recruiting to an open post-doctoral position on the origin of apical growth in plants. The project is collaborative and will involve: Moss mutagenesis and a screen for mutants with defective sporangia Establishment of a method forSelaginella transgenesis using extensive preliminary data to guide experiments Reverse genetic analysis of Selaginella CLAVATA gene function. There […]

Would you like to identify genes enabling the origin of apical growth in plants?

Posted by , on 15 February 2024

Very excited to be able to advertise a post-doc opening to join a HFSP project on the origin of apical growth in vascular plants. The project focusses on lycophytes, and ties together analyses of fossil and living lycophyte morphology with transcriptomic and developmental and genetic studies. It will involve collaboration with partners in Edinburgh (Sandy […]