Skip to content
White Rose Mechanistic Biology DTP
  • Welcome
  • About
    • About the DTP
    • Research Themes
    • Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
      • Diverse Talent Studentships
      • GenRes Summer Internships
      • YCEDE
    • PhD Projects: past & present
      • 2022
      • 2021
      • 2020
      • 2019
      • 2018
      • 2017
      • 2016
      • 2015
      • 2014
      • 2013
      • 2012
    • Governance
    • Contact Us
  • For prospective students
    • Apply
    • What we offer
      • Standard Scholarships
      • iCASE studentships
        • iCASE partners
      • Diverse Talent Scholarships
      • Summer internships
  • For current students
    • Training & Events
      • Upcoming Training and Events
      • Symposium Archive: Highlights
      • Past Training and Events
        • Spring Training Day, 29th March 2023, University of York
          • Spring Training Day 2023 Gallery
        • Symposium – December 2022
        • 2021/22 academic year DTP training programme
    • PIPS
      • How do I find a PIPS?
        • PIPS Opportunities
        • PIPS Hosts
      • PIPS Case Studies
      • PIPS Funding
      • PIPS Paperwork
      • PIPS Q&A for Students
      • PIPS Q&A for Supervisors
      • For PIPS Host Organisations
      • PIPS Contacts
    • Careers
      • Career destinations
      • Academic careers
      • Careers outside academia
    • Student Teams
    • Interest Groups
  • News & Highlights
    • Opportunities
    • Student achievements & highlights
    • Blogs
    • Student Newsletter

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
Post navigation
Older posts
Page1 Page2 Page3 Next →

Latest News

  • BBSRC ICURe Explore Programme – Deadline 27th March 2023
  • Cloud-SPAN – Deadlines 13th & 31st March 2023
  • SysMIC – Course starting 24th April 2023
  • 2023 BBSRC Bursaries for Birmingham Metabolomics Training Centre – Deadline 3rd May

PIPS Opportunities

  • Farm Carbon Toolkit
  • The Royal Institution – Deadline 23rd May 2023
  • The Royal Institution – Deadline 23rd May 2023
  • The Royal Institution – Deadline 23rd May 2023

PIPS Case Studies

  • Freddy Weaver – Wild Trout Trust
  • Katie Gelder – Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC)
  • Ruth Thomas – The Oxford Trust
  • Victoria Hill – EMBL-EBI
The University of Sheffield The University of York The University of Leeds

Useful Links

  • White Rose University Consortium
  • BBSRC DTPs

Contact Us

Co-ordinator, White Rose BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership Co-ordinator, Catherine Liddle, email: WRDTP@leeds.ac.uk

Privacy Notice – download here

  • Privacy
  • Accessibility
© 2023 White Rose Mechanistic Biology DTP