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Why choose JIC/SL for your Postgraduate studies?
The John Innes Centre and Sainsbury Laboratory are world-class centres for plant and microbial sciences. Due to our size and scope, we have excellent research facilities, particularly in the platform technologies that underpin modern molecular biology. As a result, JIC and TSL have an outstanding record of publications in high profile journals.
As a Postgraduate student you will be supervised as part of small interactive research teams by supervisors with international reputations in their fields. There is a vigorous and self-supporting student community. The Student Voice organises seminars, poster sessions, social events and other activities.
We have very close links with the University of East Anglia and are core members of the Norwich Research Park which employs around 2000 scientists with 13,000 students, ~10,000 undergraduates and ~3,300 postgraduates. This ensures the highest standards of supervisory practice and mentoring for graduate students. There is also full access to joint courses designed to develop generic professional skills.
With over 100 graduate students doing PhDs, JIC and TSL has one of the largest graduate schools for plant and microbial sciences in the country.
The strategic relevance and strong industrial links that underpin JIC’s research provide an excellent springboard for a diversity of careers in academia, industrial research or in the increasing range of science-related careers.
Norwich is a fine city.
'The application process is made as easy as possible; the rotation PhD doesn't require you to write a grant proposal beforehand, you simply have a couple of interviews where you discuss your previous research experience and interests. it's no where near as intimidating as it sounds, the interviewers want to find out how you approach research. The result is definitely worth the effort.'
Emma Sherwood, Four year rotation PhD student
'I have chosen the John Innes Centre for my PhD studies, as I believe in its international reputation for excellent science.
Furthermore, I had the opportunity to work here two years ago within Ray Dixon's group in Molecular Microbiology. There, I had the chance to be engaged with an excellent group of scientists which made the decision quite easy to apply for a rotation PhD scholarship at the John Innes Centre.'
Christian Ruzanski, Four year rotation PhD student