Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

Applications open for our International Dual PhD Awards in Plant & Soil Sciences! Train in world-class labs across @sheffieldpps.bsky.social and @westsyduhie.bsky.social and spend time at both institutes. bit.ly/4375M8D #PhDopportunity #PlantScience #SoilScience #Sustainability #AcademicSky

6. Exploring Plant, Root Symbionts and Silicon Interactions For More Sustainable Agriculture Investigate how soil silicon affects root traits, symbiotic fungi, and plant health, led by Yolima Carrillo (HIE). bit.ly/3ERVP71 #RootBiology #SustainableAg #AcademicSky

Applications open for our International Dual PhD Awards in Plant & Soil Sciences! Train in world-class labs across @sheffieldpps.bsky.social and @westsyduhie.bsky.social and spend time at both institutes. bit.ly/4375M8D #PhDopportunity #PlantScience #SoilScience #Sustainability #AcademicSky

4. Functional diversity of the world’s grasslands How do grasslands resist climate stress? Study functional traits, ecosystem resilience, and biogeography in one of the world’s most extensive biomes, led by @colinplants.bsky.social bit.ly/4jLI3So #Ecology #Grasslands #AcademicSky

Applications open for our International Dual PhD Awards in Plant & Soil Sciences! Train in world-class labs across @sheffieldpps.bsky.social and @westsyduhie.bsky.social and spend time at both institutes. bit.ly/4375M8D #PhDopportunity #PlantScience #SoilScience #Sustainability #AcademicSky

2. Towards climate-change resilient crops: unravelling relationships between CO2 assimilation and ATP production led by @profmattjohnson.bsky.social Power photosynthesis for climate-smart crops. Investigate CO₂ uptake + ATP production. bit.ly/4m5BZ8X #PlantScience #AcademicSky

Applications open for our International Dual PhD Awards in Plant & Soil Sciences! Train in world-class labs across @sheffieldpps.bsky.social and @westsyduhie.bsky.social and spend time at both institutes. bit.ly/4375M8D #PhDopportunity #PlantScience #SoilScience #Sustainability #AcademicSky

Know someone looking for a PhD? Two newly funded Doctoral Training Programmes (DTPs) with projects starting Oct2025! BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DTP (YBDTP) https://buff.ly/4i7G6PV and NERC ACCE+ DTP: https://buff.ly/4i8K4I1 Lots of projects based within PPS– see thread for details #plantscience

Impacts of plant + pest identities on functionality of mycorrhizal networks https://buff.ly/4fLhFWX Investigate how plant neighbours influence mycorrhizal fungal networks and plant defences, giving insights intoresilience/functioning of ecosystems. k.j.field@sheffield.ac.uk @katiefield4.bsky.social

Know someone looking for a PhD? Two newly funded Doctoral Training Programmes (DTPs) with projects starting Oct2025! BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DTP (YBDTP) https://buff.ly/4i7G6PV and NERC ACCE+ DTP: https://buff.ly/4i8K4I1 Lots of projects based within PPS– see thread for details #plantscience

Impacts of plant + pest identities on functionality of mycorrhizal networks https://buff.ly/4fLhFWX Investigate how plant neighbours influence mycorrhizal fungal networks and plant defences, giving insights intoresilience/functioning of ecosystems. k.j.field@sheffield.ac.uk @katiefield4.bsky.social

Know someone looking for a PhD? Two newly funded Doctoral Training Programmes (DTPs) with projects starting Oct2025! BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DTP (YBDTP) https://buff.ly/4i7G6PV and NERC ACCE+ DTP: https://buff.ly/4i8K4I1 Lots of projects based within PPS– see thread for details #plantscience

EpiPlasticity: ecological and evolutionary significance of epigenetic defence plasticity https://buff.ly/4gbdMKA Ever wondered how plants, without a brain, cope with concurrent stresses from diseases, poor nutrition and drought? This PhD lets you address this question. Led by j.ton@sheffield.ac.uk

Know someone looking for a PhD? Two newly funded Doctoral Training Programmes (DTPs) with projects starting Oct2025! BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DTP (YBDTP) https://buff.ly/4i7G6PV and NERC ACCE+ DTP: https://buff.ly/4i8K4I1 Lots of projects based within PPS– see thread for details #plantscience

Determining role of FNR location in photoprotection of photosystem I https://buff.ly/4imFBBM Life depends on photosynthesis; you will study a key photoprotective regulatory mechanism controlling electrical current flow between photosystems matt.johnson@sheffield.ac.uk @profmattjohnson.bsky.social

Know someone looking for a PhD? Two newly funded Doctoral Training Programmes (DTPs) with projects starting Oct2025! BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DTP (YBDTP) https://buff.ly/4i7G6PV and NERC ACCE+ DTP: https://buff.ly/4i8K4I1 Lots of projects based within PPS– see thread for details #plantscience

Optimising wheat-fungal symbioses for enhanced nutrition+sustainability https://buff.ly/4gbcEXm Investigate how an underexplored group of fungi (Mucoromycotina) can improve nutrient uptake in wheat, one of the world’s most important crops. led by k.j.field@sheffield.ac.uk @katiefield4.bsky.social

Know someone looking for a PhD? Two newly funded Doctoral Training Programmes (DTPs) with projects starting Oct2025! BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DTP (YBDTP) https://buff.ly/4i7G6PV and NERC ACCE+ DTP: https://buff.ly/4i8K4I1 Lots of projects based within PPS– see thread for details #plantscience

Exploring Structure/Dynamics of Complex I + ATP Synthase in Phototrophic Bacteria https://buff.ly/418auDA Photosynthesis is essential for life on Earth. With cryo-EM/advanced biochem we will unravel structure/function of photosynthetic enzymes in purple bacteria. led by a.hitchcock@sheffield.ac.uk

Know someone looking for a PhD? Two newly funded Doctoral Training Programmes (DTPs) with projects starting Oct2025! BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DTP (YBDTP) https://buff.ly/4i7G6PV and NERC ACCE+ DTP: https://buff.ly/4i8K4I1 Lots of projects based within PPS– see thread for details #plantscience

Great to host @thepallavisingh.bsky.social today @sheffielduni.bsky.social talking about “Enhancing water use efficiency in crops”