Deadline: 15 November 2022 A fully funded Ph.D. position in forest ecology and climate change adaptation is available at the Institute of Forestry and Conservation at the University of Toronto or in the Department of Renewable Resources at the University of Alberta. The Ph.D. candidate will participate in an operational-scale silvicultural experiment that will test various "climate-smart"strategies for promoting the resilience of temperate mixed wood forests in the Petawawa Resea
Deadline: 31 August 2022 I. Background Mastitis is an inflammation of the mammary gland, most commonly caused by bacterial infection and is one of the most economically important disease affecting adult dairy cattle. It has a major impact on animal welfare and milk production, resulting in high economic losses for both farmers and processors, as udder health status greatly affects milk production and process ability. Mastitis is also a significant driver of antimicrobial use in adult da
Deadline: 31August 2022 I. Background Mastitis is an inflammation of the mammary gland, most commonly caused by bacterial infection and is one of the most economically important disease affecting adult dairy cattle. It has a major impact on animal welfare and milk production, resulting in high economic losses for both farmers and processors, as udder health status greatly affects milk production and process ability. Mastitis is also a significant driver of antimicrobial use in adult dai
Deadline: 30 September 2022 New Zealand, in support of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA), is delighted to launch a Special Round of the New Zealand – Global Research Alliance Doctoral Scholarship (NZ-GRADS). For this Special Round, candidates will apply to one of the four pre-defined PhD projects available. I Available PhD projects: Assessing soil carbon changes associated with land management and land use change Long-term soil phosphorus fer
Deadline: 1 August 2022 or until position is filled I. Background Fruits and vegetables contain a diverse community of microbes (microbiome) which play a significant role in plant health and subsequently human health. These microbes have a myriad of functions including flavour development, ripening and health through the production of secondary metabolites. Much attention has been paid to the role single cl
Deadline: 15 August 2022 Are you interested in plant-animal interactions and how to figure out the carrying capacity of a landscape for wild populations of large herbivores? Forestry and ungulate (moose and deer) browsing are both important drivers of forest biodiversity and ecosystem services. To better understand how these factors interact, and to predict the level of browsing damage in production forests, we need to fill some knowledge gaps: how much forage is there in the landscape and ho
Deadline: 27 July 2022 I. Background Agricultural systems are increasingly expected to increase production to feed the growing world population, while lowering environmental impacts and coping with further stress from extreme weather events due to climate change. Within intensively managed agricultural grasslands, recent results demonstrate important yield advantages of four-species grass-legume swards compared to monocultures of either grasses or legumes. Our recent research shows additio
Deadline: 15 September 2022 The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) of the Ministry of Science and Technology in India, and UNESCO-TWAS established a fellowship programme for foreign scholars from developing countries who wish to pursue research towards a PhD in biotechnology. I. Programme details TWAS-DBT Postgraduate Fellowships are tenable at key biotechnology research institutions in India for a period of up to five years. Applicants may be registered for a PhD degree in their ho
Deadline: 29 July 2022 Applications are invited for a PhD Walsh Scholarship Project focusing on Bacillus spore control during dairy processing. Spore forming bacteria in dairy processing are of particular concern due to their low tolerance of acceptability as both a safety and quality concern. Bacillus spores can potentially contaminate and survive in dairy products such as infant formula ingredients (lactose, and whey protein) causing issues including spore related toxin production. This
Deadline: Open Do you want to be part of a dynamic, young, world-class animal genetics, genomics and analytics group at Teagasc, the Irish cattle Breeding Federation and Cork Institute of Technology? Teagasc and Cork Institute of Technology, in collaboration with the Irish Cattle BreedingFederation (ICBF) are seeking an enthusiastic and ambitious student in the area of animal genomics in cattle. Research developed will be immediately implemented by the ICBF. Previous PhDs from thi
