{"id":445,"date":"2020-09-01T09:26:24","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T07:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogsdev.sun.ac.za\/eucxylo\/?p=445"},"modified":"2020-09-01T09:26:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T07:26:24","slug":"funded-phd-position-to-study-aspects-of-modelling-wood-formation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/eucxylo\/2020\/09\/01\/funded-phd-position-to-study-aspects-of-modelling-wood-formation\/","title":{"rendered":"[:en]Funded PhD position to study aspects of modelling wood formation![:]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[:en]<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Are you a MSc student with an interest in plant physiology, xylem development and modelling? Are you looking for a PhD study that is not only interesting, but also challenging and multidisciplinary? Then look no further!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Interested candidates are invited to apply to join <span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><strong>EucXylo<\/strong><\/span> to undertake a PhD-level degree which develops and explores approaches to using computational modelling to simulate aspects of the wood formation process (xylogenesis), or plant physiological processes that influence it.<\/p>\n<p>The exact scope of the study is flexible and the research could take more than one direction. For example, agent-based or particle-based modelling could be applied to simulating the differentiation of a population of virtual xylem cells, considering neighbour status\/flux in developmental signals. The final project topic will be decided in consultation between the student and the supervisory panel.<\/p>\n<p>We are looking for students with a high-level of motivation and initiative who can actively drive an interesting research project, and novel proposals are very welcome.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For more information see this link to <a href=\"http:\/\/blogsdev.sun.ac.za\/eucxylo\/files\/2020\/07\/PhD_Specific_Ad_EucXylo_200714_CB.pdf\">the full advert<\/a>. Please apply before the end of September 2020!<\/p>\n<p><em>Only applications sent in via the route specified in the advert will be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[:en] Are you a MSc student with an interest in plant physiology, xylem development and modelling? Are you looking for a PhD study that is not only interesting, but also challenging and multidisciplinary? Then look no further! Interested candidates are invited to apply to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10084,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,64983,65293],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-new-research","category-team-information"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/eucxylo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/eucxylo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/eucxylo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/eucxylo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10084"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/eucxylo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/eucxylo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/eucxylo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/eucxylo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/eucxylo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}