Vacancies within PPM Department

Undergraduate Summer Studentships are available (10 weeks during Summer 2011)

• Exploring the DNA sequence diversity of fungal genes predicted to contribute to the virulence of plant pathogens. Interested undergraduate students, in the middle year(s) of their degree course, should contact in the first instance either Dr Jason Rudd or Prof Kim Hammond-Kosack. The intention is that the student selected by early March, will then apply for funding from The Genetic Society. The application form must be submitted to the Genetics Society by 31 March 2011.
• Microscopic characterisation of the growth and development of a Fusarium graminearum mutant severely compromised in disease causing ability.Interested undergraduate students, in the middle year(s) of their degree course,  should contact in the first instance either Dr Allison van de Meene or Prof Kim Hammond-Kosack. The intention is that the student selected by early March, will then apply for funding from the British Society of Plant Pathology.  The application form must be submitted to BSPP by 1st April 2011.