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Studying Plant Sciences at Cambridge can open up a wealth of career opportunities. In this series, we hear from Plant Sciences alumni about their experiences of studying here, how it shaped their careers and what they are doing now. If you would like your alumni story featured, please email us at alumni@plantsci.cam.ac.uk...

Nicola Patron , head of the Plant Molecular Engineering group at the University of Cambridge, has received a five-year grant to fund a new International Research Center for Enhancing Plant Resilience . The grant is from the recent call, ‘ Global Centres (GC) addressing global challenges through bioeconomy ’. This is a...

The Department of Plant Sciences is delighted to announce that Sebastian Eves-van den Akker has been appointed as Professor of Biotic Interactions from 1 October 2024. In parallel, Christine Miller has also been appointed as a Professor of Biotic Interactions in the Department of Zoology. Together these two co-ordinated...

One of the most serious threats to global wheat producers comes from the airborne spores of fungal pathogens known as wheat rusts ( Puccinia spp. ). Wheat rusts can devastate harvests across sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia, threatening food security and livelihoods in regions under pressure from climate change. Early...