The University of Exter offers The Halpin Studentship Programme in Rice Blast Research to scientists to carry out a PhD in molecular plant pathology in the laboratory of Professor Nicholas J. Talbot for the year 2011 in UK
Rice blast disease is a major constraint on world rice production and there is an urgent need for more effective and durable control strategies, particularly in the rice-growing nations most affected. Research at Exeter is focused on developing an understanding of the biology of the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae, utilising functional genomics and cell biology.