PRIMER
MSCA-DN
PhD Positions Await You
Enhancing Climate-Resilient Crops by Innovative Priming Strategies
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PRIMER is an MSCA EU-funded Doctoral Network that explores how genetic, chemical, and physiological priming strategies can boost crop resilience to heat stress, with tomato as a model. Bringing together leading universities, research institutes, and industry partners, PRIMER trains 12 PhD researchers in cutting-edge molecular biology, epigenetics, computational modelling, and sustainable agriculture.
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Check here: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101227217
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Read the description of the position, the requirements and submit your application along with the application form
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Application deadline: October 31st 2025 (17:00 CET)
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Research Positions
Explore Opportunities (for each position individual requirements apply)
DC1 – Goethe University Frankfurt (GUF )
Priming-induced morphological and physiological adaptation of tomato to heat stress
DC2 – Goethe University Frankfurt (GUF)
Enhancing the priming capacity of tomato to heat stress by regulation of gene expression
DC3 – University of Göttingen (UGOE)
Regulation and role of autophagy in priming-induced stem cell activity and heat stress protection
DC4 – University of Glasgow (GLAS)
Modelling of priming and heat stress effects on shoot apical meristem
DC5 – Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel (ARO)
Epigenetic regulation of thermotolerance priming in tomato for yield enhancement under stressful conditions
DC6 – Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences (IEB)
Gametophyte reproductive fitness under heat stress
DC7 – University of Potsdam (UP)
Control of leaf initiation at the shoot apical meristem by temperature priming
DC8 – University of Milan (UMIL)
Priming mechanisms related to gamete formation and fertilization process under heat stress
DC9 – University of Glasgow (GLAS)
The role of thermosensing and photomorphogenesis in priming plants for optimal thermotolerance
DC10 – Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Valencia
Analysis of the genetic diversity in the responses to priming for heat tolerance in tomato
DC11 – Université Paris-Saclay (UPS)
Role of chromatin structure and epigenetic modifications on priming in tomato
DC12 – Cyprus University of Technology (CUT)
Chemical and nanomaterial seed and plant priming towards physiological adaptation of tomato to heat stress