Post-doctoral research
For who is interested to join us as post-doc or as visiting researcher, please send an email to m.catoni@bham.ac.uk and include/attach your CV, a summary statement of your research interests and, in absence of an open call for open positions, your proposition for a possible funding strategy (e.g. fellowship program).
PhD studentships
The University of Birmingham can support home and international PhD students with competitive PhD programs. Each year in our lab it will be possible to apply for projects in one of the following programs (with deadline for application in December/January for entry in September of the next year). Please check eligibility before applying and navigate at the link provided below (you can search the project associated to my lab in each programme website):
BBSRC-funded Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP): One project in the field of plant epigenetic and genome plasticity for the study of crop biology and food security. Projects’ descriptions (search my project under “Sustainable Agriculture and Food” and “Crop science”) and full istructions for the application are published on the MIBTP website.
NERC-funded CENTA studentship: One interdisciplinary project in the field of genome plasticity in ecological and plant evolution contexts. The project setup is liberal and if candidates can contact me us advance they can be involved in designing the project (increasing their chance to receive the fellowship). Projects’ descriptions and istruction for the application are published on the CENTA website starting from early December.
Darwin studentship: One project in the field of microbiology (usually related to plant viruses or other pathogens). Interested students must apply to the Birmingham PhD programme and clearly indicate the source of funds as the Darwin Trust. Please check the selection criteria before applying. Contact m.catoni@bham.ac.uk if you are interested in applying to this programme.
If you need more information, please send an email to m.catoni@bham.ac.uk.
Application from home and international students who have obtained or seek to obtain their own funding source are also welcome. If interested, please send an email to m.catoni@bham.ac.uk and include/attach your CV, a summary statement of your research interests and your proposition for funding.
Master and undergraduate projects
If you are studing at the University of Birmingham, we offer project to MRes, Msc, MSci and BSc students. Please get in touch (m.catoni@bham.ac.uk) if you are interested in carrying out your research project in the lab.
Visiting studentships
We have availability for student interships in our lab for 3 to 12 months to fulfil the requirement of a degree program (e.g. master’s thesis, experience abroad for international PhD students) or part of exchange programs (e.g. Erasmus+). Please get in touch if interested by emailing your CV with a cover letter to m.catoni@bham.ac.uk.
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