Opportunities
Information for prospective students:
Some of the current projects we are working on include:
(1) Cytokinins in seed development of grain legumes
(2) Hormonal control of reproductive effort in natural plant communities
(3) Chemical signalling between micro-symbionts, pathogens and plants
We use whatever techniques are required to get the job done - usually a mixture of field, physiological, molecular and genomic approaches. As a member of Trent’s DNA centre (NRDPFC) we have access to outstanding instrumentation for gene expression and DNA marker work (i.e. real-time PCR, microarray chip maker & reader, sequencers etc.) and the latest in mass spectrometry (i.e. LC-MS/MS, GC-MS/MS) through Trent’s Water Quality Centre.
If you are interested in joining our lab, you need curiosity about plant function and a willingness to learn the techniques.
Some of the current projects we are working on include:
(1) Cytokinins in seed development of grain legumes
(2) Hormonal control of reproductive effort in natural plant communities
(3) Chemical signalling between micro-symbionts, pathogens and plants
We use whatever techniques are required to get the job done - usually a mixture of field, physiological, molecular and genomic approaches. As a member of Trent’s DNA centre (NRDPFC) we have access to outstanding instrumentation for gene expression and DNA marker work (i.e. real-time PCR, microarray chip maker & reader, sequencers etc.) and the latest in mass spectrometry (i.e. LC-MS/MS, GC-MS/MS) through Trent’s Water Quality Centre.
If you are interested in joining our lab, you need curiosity about plant function and a willingness to learn the techniques.
Our former international students loved it here!
Nourhene Grich
Home town - Matmata, Tunisia
University - Higher Agronomic Institute of Chott-Mariem, Tunisia
Degree - Horticulture and plant protection engineer
International program: Mitacs Globalink 2016
Project at Trent: Investigation into the role and the origin of phytohormones that induce gall formation by the moth Ectoedemia populella on poplar tree (Populus tremula).
Home town - Matmata, Tunisia
University - Higher Agronomic Institute of Chott-Mariem, Tunisia
Degree - Horticulture and plant protection engineer
International program: Mitacs Globalink 2016
Project at Trent: Investigation into the role and the origin of phytohormones that induce gall formation by the moth Ectoedemia populella on poplar tree (Populus tremula).
Gabriel Lemes Jorge
Home town - Uberlândia, Brazil
University - Federal University of Uberlândia
International pogram: International Scholarship Program: Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP)
Project at Trent: Methylobacterium as a drought stress alleviating factor in legume cultivation.
Home town - Uberlândia, Brazil
University - Federal University of Uberlândia
International pogram: International Scholarship Program: Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP)
Project at Trent: Methylobacterium as a drought stress alleviating factor in legume cultivation.
Helena Teixeira
Home town - Salvador, Bahia
University - Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Degree - M.Sc. Immunology, (Current)
B.Sc. Biotechnology
International pogram: Biotechnology Advanced at Fleming College in Peterborough
Project at Trent: As the exchange student, Helena did her 3-month internship in the Emery’s Lab where she helped with different research projects and learnt a bit of all in the lab.
Home town - Salvador, Bahia
University - Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Degree - M.Sc. Immunology, (Current)
B.Sc. Biotechnology
International pogram: Biotechnology Advanced at Fleming College in Peterborough
Project at Trent: As the exchange student, Helena did her 3-month internship in the Emery’s Lab where she helped with different research projects and learnt a bit of all in the lab.
