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PhD Projects: 2013

NameProject title
Emily Breardon
University of Sheffield
Discovery and functional analysis of Striga resistance genes in rice for targeted breeding of durable defence.
Thomas Hartley
University of York
Increasing the potassium use efficiency in crops
Marc Cabry
University of York
Structural analysis of dioxygenases from opium poppy: towards the production of new biocatalytic tools for morphinan production
Thomas Irving
University of York
How plants maintain a good relationship with beneficial fungi
Elizabeth Hollwey
University of Leeds
Leeds - Generating epigenetic diversity in plants
Hannah Southam
University of Sheffield
CO-releasing molecules as novel antimicrobial agents: mechanisms of transport and resistance
Ian Bennet
University of Sheffield
Protein and DNA Dynamics in 5'-Nuclease Mechanistic Biology
Bryony Cotterell
University of Sheffield
Bacterial Cell Wall Mapping at the Nanoscale
Aidan Taylor
University of Sheffield
Understanding the resistance of pathogenic bacteria to host innate defences
Elliot Jokl
University of York
Mechanotransduction through z-disc complexes of the skeletal muscle
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