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Ecology Field Trip: Borneo
Plant and Microbial Sciences Field Course: Portugal
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Dodging a silver bullet; preventing infectious disease
Epigenetics in Agriculture: Unlocking Nature's Code for Healthier Crops
Improving crop yield through enhanced photosynthesis
Know your enemy
The Global Wood Security Centre
Understanding how petal surfaces impact pollinator behaviour and pollination
Understanding how wheat measures the days and the seasons
Unlocking cellular decision making for plant plasticity and crop sustainability
Tom ap Rees Fund
Research
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Research groups overview
Cereal Symbiosis
Cereal Symbiosis overview
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Public engagement
Chromatin & Memory
Chromatin & Memory overview
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Circadian Signal Transduction
Circadian Signal Transduction overview
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Former group members
Vacancies and PhDs
Crop Breeding Technologies
Crop Breeding Technologies overview
Group members
Vacancies and PhDs
Crop Pathogen Immunity
Crop Pathogen Immunity overview
Group members
Vacancies and PhDs
Developmental Biology
Ecosystem and Carbon Science
Ecosystem and Carbon Science overview
Group members
Vacancies and PhDs
Cambridge Climate Seminar Series
Ecosystems and Global Change
Ecosystems and Global Change overview
Group members
Environmental Plant Physiology
Environmental Plant Physiology overview
Group members
Group members overview
Former Group Members
Vacancies and PhDs
Epidemiology and Modelling
Epidemiology and Modelling overview
Group members
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Vacancies and PhDs
Evolution and Development
Evolution and Development overview
Group members
Vacancies and PhDs
Public engagement
Evolution and Diversity
Evolution and Diversity overview
Group members
Vacancies and PhDs
Forest Ecology and Conservation
Forest Ecology and Conservation overview
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Former group members
Former group members overview
Vacancies and PhDs
Publications by theme
Publications by theme overview
Lorenzlidar
Gene Expression
Gene Expression overview
Group members
Vacancies and PhDs
Methods used by the group
Methods used by the group overview
PVX expression vectors
PVX expression vectors overview
Methods
Sequences
Sequence data
PTV: a tobravirus vector
VIGS protocol (pgR106/7)
Suppressors of gene silencing
Induction of systemic GFP gene silencing by Agrobacterium
Small RNA Cloning Procedure
Genetic and Epigenetic Inheritance in Plants
Genetic and Epigenetic Inheritance in Plants overview
Group members
Vacancies and PhDs
Molecular Physiology
Molecular Physiology overview
Group members
Vacancies and PhDs
Physiological Ecology
Physiological Ecology overview
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Plant Metabolism
Plant Metabolism overview
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Public engagement
Public engagement overview
Plant Molecular Engineering
Plant Nutrient
Plant Nutrient overview
Group Members
Vacancies and PhDs
Plant Physiology and Symbiosis
Plant Physiology and Symbiosis overview
Group members
Vacancies and PhDs
Plant-Parasite/Pathogen Interactions
Plant-Parasite/Pathogen Interactions overview
Group members
Vacancies and PhDs
Sustainable Crop Nutrition
Sustainable Crop Nutrition overview
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Vacancies and PhDs
Synthetic Biology for Engineering Plant Growth
Synthetic Biology for Engineering Plant Growth overview
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Vacancies and PhDs
Theoretical and Computational Epidemiology
Theoretical and Computational Epidemiology overview
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Vacancies and PhDs
Transport
Transport overview
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Vacancies and PhDs
Tropical ecology and conservation
Virology and Molecular Plant Pathology
Virology and Molecular Plant Pathology overview
Group members
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Undergraduate
Undergraduate overview
Summary of the courses
Part IB Plant and Microbial Sciences
Part IB Plant and Microbial Sciences overview
Previous course requirements and learning outcomes
Course structure
Portugal field course
Career opportunities
Career opportunities overview
Alumni 2011-2014
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Plants & microbes - equality & diversity
Part II Plant Sciences
Part II Plant Sciences overview
Aims, objectives and outcomes
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Plants & microbes - equality & diversity
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Reading list
Reading list overview
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Reading list
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Part II Booklet 2022/23 (pdf)
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Postgraduate
Postgraduate overview
Prospective students
Prospective students overview
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List of available projects overview
Alexander Crummel Scholarship
BBSRC-DTP Awards
Cambridge Trust and Gates Cambridge Awards
CTP Sustainable Agricultural Innovation Projects
NERC-DTP Awards
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Student testimonials overview
Jordan Ferria
Benjamin Fisk
Sarah Mitchell
Emily Servante
Hamish Symington
Francis Wamonje
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