We now have an open PhD position with Elizabete and Doug to investigate the role of sugar phosphates and their specific phosphatases on photosynthetic regulation in cowpea and soybean. This project and studentship is open to UK & international candidates, details at this link. This work is associated with the broader international RIPE consortium which has just had it’s next phase renewed through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation subsidiary Gates Ag One to accelerate the transfer of improved crops to smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

[update Feb 2023: thank you to those who applied, we received lots of excellent applications, and a candidate has now been selected. Applicants should have by now received an email.]

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