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OPEN CALL for 10 PhD POSITIONS in MSCA Doctoral Network "ViroiDoc”
ViroiDoc - Advanced Research on Viroid Pathogenesis and Control for Agricultural Sustainability
This project is funded by the European Research Executive Agency (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-DN-01-01).
The Doctoral Network ViroiDoc offers exciting projects ron viroids, the smallest plant pathogens, and viroid-like RNAs that have only recently been discovered outside the plant kingdom. The programme includes secondments to partner laboratories or companies involved in plant breeding and plant protection located in Argentina, the Czech Republic, Germany, Poland and Spain.
Career development and international mobility of researchers is a key concept within the MSCA-DN framework. The ViroiDoc training program is international, multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral. The training program consists of individual research projects (IRP), training by local doctoral schools and specific ViroiDoc network-wide training in scientific, technical, digital, entrepreneurial and transferable skills. By exposure to an international environment and different industries you will build a valuable network of contacts, providing a solid foundation for future research collaborations and direct employment opportunities in both the academic and the non-academic sectors working in molecular biology, bioinformatics, or in product and service development in European agriculture and innovation development.
List of Associated partners
Abiopep SL / AbioPep (AP), Spain
- Accelopment Schweiz AG / Accelopment Swiss (accelCH), Switzerland
- Biofyzikalni ustav akademie ved ceske republiky / Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS), Czech Republic
- Bioreba AG / Bioreba (Bioreba), Switzerland
- Elsner pac Jungpflanzen GbR (Elsner pac), Germany
- Fundacio institut Catala de Nanociencia i Nanotecnologia / Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Spain
- Innosil Sp. z o.o. (Innosil), Poland
- Institut Jožef Stefan / Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI), Slovenia
- Ljubljanski univerzitetni inkubator doo / Ljubljana University Incubator (LUI), Slovenia
- Universidad Nacional de La Plata / National University of La Plata (UNLP), Argentina
- Università degli studi di Bari Aldo Moro / University of Bari (UniBa), Italy
- Universite de Strasbourg / University of Strasbourg (UDS), France
- University of Florida (UF), Dept. of Plant Pathology, United States of America
Viroids and Viroid-like RNAs
Infectious single circular RNA molecules.
Understudied, widespread and fast evolving.
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ViroiDoc at a glance
We bridge knowledge gaps in viroid research, from molecular pathogenesis to host interactions and trafficking. Our innovations include CRISPR/Cas-based diagnostics, live imaging tools, and risk assessments. With solutions like resistance breeding targets, RNA-based biopesticides, and antiviroidal therapeutics, we’re advancing plant health and sustainable agriculture.
Viroids&Viroid-like RNAs
- Infectious single circular RNA molecules
- Understudied, widespread and fast evolving
ViroiDoc ambition
- Tackle knowledge gaps
- Deliver risk assessments
- Develop solutions for CRISPR/Cas
- Provide viroid interventions
Impact
- Boost careers
- Excellent EU R&I landscape and sustainable collaboration
- Public awareness
- Food Safety policy recommendations
Network
- Multinational, multidisciplinary and multisectoral
- 11 Countries
- 16 Academic institutions
- 6 Industry partners
ViroiDoc training
- Expertise in molecular biology, genetics and genomics,...
- Skilled in programming, machine learning,...
- Basics of IPR and entrepreneurship
Threat to crops
- Viroid diseases
- International trade & global warming
Open positions:
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IRP How Disrupting Viroid Biogenesis Impacts Viroid propagation at the University of Ljubljana (UL) – Biotechnical Faculty, Chair of Genetics, Biotechnology, Statistics and Plant Breeding). 
- IRP Climate change impact on viroid diseases at the Slovenian Institute of Hop Research and Brewing (IHPS) in cooperation with the University of Ljubljana (Biotechnical Faculty, Chair of Genetics, Biotechnology, Statistics and Plant Breeding).
- IRP Development of a disposable, selective, and sensitive electrochemical sensor for on-site detection of plant viroids at the National Institute of Chemistry (NIC) in cooperation with the University of Ljubljana (Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology).
- IRP In vivo imaging of viroid RNA and associated host factors at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de biologie moléculaire des plantes (IBMP), affiliated with the University of Strasbourg (École doctorale des Sciences de la Vie et de la Santé,) Strasbourg.
- IRP Point-of-care viroid diagnosis based on CRISPR-Cas technologies at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in cooperation with the Valencia Polytechnic University (UPV).
- IRP Development of novel antiviroidal strategies: towards drug discovery at the Valencia Polytechnic University (UPV).
- IRP Dissection of viroid pathogenesis through omics and phenotyping approaches at the CNR-IPSP in cooperation with the Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro (UNIBA-DiSSPA).
- IRP Identification and characterization of novel infectious circular viroid-like RNAs in hosts belonging to different kingdoms at the CNR-IPSP in cooperation with the Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro (UNIBA-DiSSPA).
- IRP How disrupting host factors suppresses viroid infectivity at the University of Crete (UoC).
- IRP RNA sprays - precision tools for the modulation of host genes to develop viroid resistance at the University of Regensburg (UREG).
- IRP How Disrupting Viroid Biogenesis Impacts Viroid propagation at the University of Ljubljana (UL) – Biotechnical Faculty, Chair of Genetics, Biotechnology, Statistics and Plant Breeding).
- IRP Climate change impact on viroid diseases at the Slovenian Institute of Hop Research and Brewing (IHPS) in cooperation with the University of Ljubljana (Biotechnical Faculty, Chair of Genetics, Biotechnology, Statistics and Plant Breeding).
- IRP Development of a disposable, selective, and sensitive electrochemical sensor for on-site detection of plant viroids at the National Institute of Chemistry (NIC) in cooperation with the University of Ljubljana (Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology).
- IRP In vivo imaging of viroid RNA and associated host factors at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de biologie moléculaire des plantes (IBMP), affiliated with the University of Strasbourg (École doctorale des Sciences de la Vie et de la Santé,) Strasbourg.
- IRP Point-of-care viroid diagnosis based on CRISPR-Cas technologies at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in cooperation with the Valencia Polytechnic University (UPV).
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