MSc and BSc thesis opportunities

Available projects for WUR BSc & MSc students (flexible start date):

• Discovering the secrets behind translational regulation in seeds (info).
• Exploring the origin and evolution of desiccation tolerance using comparative transcriptomics (info).
• Effect of different drying rates on seed maturation and chlorophyll degradation (info).
• Role of Raf-like MAPKKKs in seed maturation and desiccation tolerance (info).
• Molecular mechanisms in seed germination: finetuned functional analysis (info).
• Seed longevity in lettuce (info).
• Identifying natural genetic variation for desiccation tolerance in seeds (info).
• Determining the mechanisms behind seed longevity (info).
• Identifying loci that regulate seed dormancy and seed longevity (info).
• Is it possible to efficiently prime immature seeds? (info).