Saskia Birch
- PhD Postgraduate Student
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About
Saskia Birch is a PhD Postgraduate Student at the Crop Science Centre as part of the Department of Plant Science, University of Cambridge.
Biography
I am originally from Dundee, Scotland, and received my undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. I travelled down from the hills of Scotland to do a PhD in the lab of Dr Jeongmin Choi.
Qualifications
2022 - BSc in Biological Sciences (Biotechnology) - University of Edinburgh, Scotland
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Awards
2022 - Frank Smart SBS DTP PhD Studentship
Research
Research Group
Crop Resilience based at the Crop Science Centre
Research Overview
My project examines how regulation of phosphate homeostasis in rice impacts the level of root colonisation by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi.