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Plants have the fascinating ability to regenerate from a single cell or a damaged tissue. This ability requires extensive changes in, amongst other things, cell programming and patterning. Current methods for hormone-induced regeneration in tissue culture often give limited and unpredictable results. Even in optimal conditions only a few cells or groups of cells make the switch to regeneration and yet fewer manage to form the organised cell patterns of a new shoot or root. Cell and tissue polarity guide, for example, local accumulation of molecules and cell division patterns, which are essential processes during regeneration. In this PhD project, you will combine studies on cell polarity, cell division and plant hormones to investigate how cellular patterns and signals help specific cellsto switch to regeneration and be successful.
Reliable and reproducible plant regeneration is a key factor for successful propagation of many crops, yet detailed insights in their regeneration processes are limited. In this project, you will use tomato as a main model species, supplemented with work in Arabidopsis thaliana.
You will use molecular techniques, cell biology, tissue culture and advanced imaging to study cellular processes during regeneration.
You will assist in teaching the new Crop Biotechnology and Engineering (CBE) MSc programme, for example by supervising tutorials or assisting during practicals. This position has a teaching load of up to 10% of your working time.
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