{"id":2317,"date":"2025-01-07T14:57:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T14:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centreseve.recherche.usherbrooke.ca\/phd-project-inrs-centre-armand-frappier-and-universite-de-montreal\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T14:04:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T14:04:39","slug":"phd-project-inrs-centre-armand-frappier-and-universite-de-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centreseve.recherche.usherbrooke.ca\/en\/phd-project-inrs-centre-armand-frappier-and-universite-de-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD Project-INRS-Centre Armand-Frappier and Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Lajoie (INRS &#8211; Centre Armand-Frappier) and Laur (UdeM) labs are looking for a PhD candidate for a project examining the role of leaf microbe recruitment in plant defense strategies to biotic stresses (herbivory and pathogens).<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Start-May 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><br\/>One of the applied aspects of the project will also be to determine whether foliar application of activated macerates derived from organic agricultural residues facilitates the recruitment of phytoprotective agents.<br\/>The project may begin as early as May 2025. Postings will remain open until the position is filled. The work will be based in Laval and Montreal, and the candidate&#8217;s funding will be $24,000\/year for 4 years.<br\/>Assets sought  <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Laboratory experience (microbiology or molecular biology)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ability to demonstrate scientific interest and motivation for research in microbial ecology and plant physiology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ability to work in a team and with non-academic partners<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Experience with R and\/or Python<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scientific writing skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Interested?<br\/>Please forward a cover letter summarizing your research interests and experience relevant to the project, along with your CV and a recent transcript to Genevi\u00e8ve Lajoie (genevieve.lajoie@inrs.ca) and Joan Laur (joan.laur@umontreal.ca). Candidates from groups under-represented in the research community are particularly encouraged to apply.<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lajoie (INRS &#8211; Centre Armand-Frappier) and Laur (UdeM) labs are looking for a PhD candidate for a project examining the role of leaf microbe recruitment in plant defense strategies to biotic stresses (herbivory and pathogens). Start-May 2025 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classifiee","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreseve.recherche.usherbrooke.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreseve.recherche.usherbrooke.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreseve.recherche.usherbrooke.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreseve.recherche.usherbrooke.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreseve.recherche.usherbrooke.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/centreseve.recherche.usherbrooke.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2318,"href":"https:\/\/centreseve.recherche.usherbrooke.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317\/revisions\/2318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreseve.recherche.usherbrooke.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreseve.recherche.usherbrooke.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreseve.recherche.usherbrooke.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}