A postdoctoral position is available in Alizée Malnoë’s lab in the Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, Sweden. This is a two-year full-time position.
Application deadline: August 31, 2018.
Project description
Our lab studies the molecular mechanisms that protect photosynthetic organisms against abiotic stress, in particular the sustained dissipation of excess light energy in Arabidopsis and evergreens. We use a wide range of approaches including genetics, comparative genomics, biochemistry, biophysics and physiology. We are looking for creative and enthusiastic colleagues prepared to work both independently and in collaboration with other lab members. Initial projects are most likely to focus on (1) using in vitro and in vivo methods to investigate the biochemical properties of molecular players involved in the sustained photoprotective component qH (Malnoë 2018 EEB), or (2) using comparative genomics and genome editing in Norway spruce to identify and characterize molecular players of sustained energy dissipation in evergreens. Over time, postdocs will be encouraged to develop new research directions reflecting their own interests, within the broad field of photosynthesis and photoprotection.
The position is a two-year full-time employment that will open in October 2018 or according to agreement.
Application deadline: 2018-10-31
A position as full professor in forestry related plant physiology is open at the Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, SLU, Umeå.
The department forms, together with the Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC, www.upsc.se), one of Europe's strongest research centres in experimental plant biology. Within UPSC, around 190 people are employed, including more than 30 research leaders. The research at UPSC is focused on plant biology and plant biotechnology, with research groups working on, for example, plant cell biology, plant molecular biology, ecophysiology and forest genetics. The centre is very well equipped with state of the art technology platforms for functional genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, microscopy, tree transformation and a transgenic plant growth facility. Several major research projects are ongoing within the centre, for example Bio4Energy (www.bio4energy.se) and Trees and Crops for the Future (www.tc4f.se). The centre recently received funding from Vinnova to establish a national competence centre in forest biotechnology (www.vinnova.se/m/kompetenscentrum/upsc/).
A Master thesis opportunity is available in the group of Dr Judith Felten at the Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences at the Umeå Plant Science Center (www.upsc.se/judith_felten), Sweden from early fall 2018 for up to 10 months.
Project
The Felten group is looking for a Master student, who will investigate how Populus root tip morphology changes during ectomycorrhiza formation. We have generated transgenic Populus lines expressing GFP markers localized to the nuclear envelope in a range of different root tissues. Applying a sterile culture system, the student will bring these plants into contact with ectomycorrhizal fungi and analyze marker localization and root tip morphology changes using confocal laser scanning microscopy on entire roots and root sections. Data analysis will involve image processing and analysis. In addition, the student will contribute to establishing a protocol aiming at purifying nuclei from the GFP-labelled tissues for RNA extraction and transcriptomics.
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