PhD Studentship: AI-designed effector minibinders for suppression of fungal plant pathogens
University of Birmingham
United Kingdom
Summary
PhD opportunity applying AI-guided structural biology to design minibinders that neutralize fungal effectors from a major wheat pathogen. Design with RFdiffusion, BindCraft and Latent-X; express/purify; measure interactions (ITC/MST); validate phenotype disruption in plant assays.