Is there such a miracle as funding for a "roll your own" PhD in EU, UK, Canada, NZ?

I'm finding that most funded PhDs in plant science are slanted towards computation (either bioinformatics or remote sensing or AI) and that's not my forte nor my interest. I'd really like to be able to construct a research topic of my own given I'm not finding what I'm hoping for in advertised PhDs.

I'll never know if I don't ask, right?

#AcademicChatter #Science #PlantScience #Botany #Pomology

Is there such a miracle as funding for a "roll your own" PhD in EU, UK, Canada, NZ?

I'm finding that most funded PhDs in plant science are slanted towards computation (either bioinformatics or remote sensing or AI) and that's not my forte nor my interest. I'd really like to be able to construct a research topic of my own given I'm not finding what I'm hoping for in advertised PhDs.

I'll never know if I don't ask, right?

#AcademicChatter #Science #PlantScience #Botany #Pomology

Maître de conférences en botanique et mycologie pour les étudiants de la Faculté de Pharmacie de l'Université de Lorraine à Nancy et activité de recherche en physiologie végétale (réponse des plantes aux contraintes environnementales).
Dates de la campagne de candidature pour les postes sur la plateforme Odyssée : du 03 mars (10h) au 03 avril (16h) 2026

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of Lorraine in Nancy (teaching has to be in French) and research activity on #PlantPhysiology (plant response to environmental constraints).
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Associate professor in botany and mycology for the students of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University
of Lorraine in Nancy (teaching has to be in French) and research activity on #PlantPhysiology (plant response to environmental constraints).
Application period for positions on the Odyssée platform: from 3 March (10 a.m.) to 3 April (4 p.m.) 2026

And please #Share widely in your #AcademicNetworks #Forests #PlantScience #SciJobs #Vacancy #JobVacancy #JobOpening #JobOpportunity #ResearchJobs #Academia @academicchatter@a.gup.pe

Maître de conférences en botanique et mycologie pour les étudiants de la Faculté de Pharmacie de l'Université de Lorraine à Nancy et activité de recherche en physiologie végétale (réponse des plantes aux contraintes environnementales).
Dates de la campagne de candidature pour les postes sur la plateforme Odyssée : du 03 mars (10h) au 03 avril (16h) 2026

Partagez dans vos #AcademicNetworks #Botany
#PlantScience #SciJobs #Vacancy #JobVacancy #JobOpening #JobOpportunity #ResearchJobs #Academia #jerecrute

4. The part that's used directly for its flavor & sweetness is the pod itself, not the seeds. The best varieties found in nature (there is no carob breeding that I know of...everything is selection - finding and clonally propagating the best varieties) have about 50% sugars in them. #Botany #PlantScience #Science #Carob #Food

3. Ceratonia is a genus with only two species as members (so far). #Botany #PlantScience #Science

2. (cont'd) because it also makes an edible pod that can be used in similar ways to carob. Ooh! Looks like these Prosopis species got moved to a new genus! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neltuma_nigra #Botany #PlantScience #Science

2. Ceratonia siliqua is not the only plant species that is sometimes called "carob" (in English and other languages). It is the original, though. This is why it's good to use the scientific binomial (Ceratonia siliqua) to be precise.

Spanish colonizers also called Prosopis species “algarroba” (the Spanish common name for Ceratonia siliqua, which is translated as “carob” in English) #Botany #PlantScience #Science

1. Ceratonia siliqua is native to the Mediterranean regions, although it was spread to some.

https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13726 #Botany #PlantScience #Science #Carob

Okay, let's get this plant party started...

(It's after 9:30 pm here, so most of this may be happening tomorrow morning, but we'll see...)

1 Boost = 1 Fact About Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) (Facts will be in replies, so look below.) #Botany #PlantScience #Food

Boost:

Are there botanists/plant scientists here who'd like to meet via Signal video chat to create an ongoing support group - mentoring circle?

As a disabled grad student, I was not included in many of UC Davis' programs (see @ucaccessnow Demandifesto for details...). Things are tough all over right now, and especially marginalized scientists could use some support. If you're interested, please reply below. #Botany #PlantScience #Horticulture #Agriculture