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The Department of Plant Physiology (Umeå University) which is part of Umeå Plant Science Centre invites applicants for a PhD position in plant science in the research group of Stephan Wenkel. The expected starting date is summer/autumn 2024 or according to agreement.
Last day to apply: 15 May 2024
Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC) is one of the strongest research environments for basic plant research in Europe. Research at UPSC covers a wide range of disciplines in plant biology including ecology, genetics, physiology, biochemistry, cell biology and molecular biology. Our common goal is to understand the ability of plants to adapt and acclimate to a changing world.
Project description
We are recruiting a PhD student to work on a project aimed at manipulating plant development using microProtein engineering. MicroProteins are small single-domain proteins that have been shown to control diverse biological pathways. While some microProteins are encoded as individual genes, we have evidence that other microProteins might be hiding in genes and are dynamically expressed in response to changes in the environment.
We aim to dissect light and magnetosensing signaling pathways to understand the biotechnological potential of these small proteins and aim to use them as tools to engineer biosynthetic pathways. In the project we will employ forward, and reverse genetics approaches in Arabidopsis plants and yeast, protein biochemistry and biochemical engineering.
We are looking for a person that is interested in plant stress responses and is using modeling to understand the process. Your background can be in computer science, mathematics, physics or biology as we are looking for a person that can bridge two successful research environments, IceLab and UPSC.
Application deadline: May 22, 2024
At Umeå University's interdisciplinary research hub, IceLab (Integrated Science Lab) we foster multidisciplinary collaborations – focusing on innovative research that integrates theoretical, computational, and empirical work. You will join the excellence centre Stress Response Modeling at IceLab, where we explore universal mechanisms for how living systems respond to stress.
Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC) is one of the strongest research environments in experimental plant biology in Europe. Here you will have access to state-of-the-art research infrastructure and support from more than two hundred plant researchers. Our research spans from biochemistry and molecular biology to physiology and the ecosystem level.
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