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University of Oslo Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Plant Molecular Genetics, Norway

Publish Date: Jun 01, 2016

Deadline: Jun 20, 2016

University of Oslo Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Plant Molecular Genetics

Position as postdoctoral research fellow available available at Department of Biosciences.

The fellowship period is 3 years. Within the framework of the position duties may be assigned. Starting date no later than September 1st 2016. No one can be appointed for more than one specified period at the same institution.

Job description/ Project description

We are searching for a highly motivated person with an interest in stress signaling and molecular genetics. Experience with molecular methods relevant to the project as well as research related to receptor mediated signaling will be seen as a benefit.

The postdoctoral fellow will be appointed on the project entitled "Evolutionary and functional importance of simple repeats in the genome" funded by the Research council of Norway through the FRIPRO program as a selected frontier research proposal. As such, the candidate will be working in a national-leading research group lead by professor Kjetill S. Jakobsen. The project focuses on the functional modulation of regulatory mechanisms affecting the phenotype by variations in simple trinucleotide repeats residing inside (coding) and in the vicinity (or in introns) of genes. Specifically, we would like to test the hypothesis that hypervariable coding/regulatory repeats are promoting the ability of a species or population to adapt to a changing environment. To address this we will use Atlantic cod and Arabidopsis as model systems. The project is cross-disciplinary and will utilize genomic, bioinformatics, statistics and experimental approaches and the appointed post doc will work in a larger team.

In particular the candidate will focus on the functional significance of tri-nucleotide repeats in the model system Arabidopsis with a particular emphasis on gene families encoding receptor kinases. In depth molecular and phenotypic studies will be performed on Arabidopsis lines expressing receptor genes with varying repeats exposed to various abiotic and biotic stresses. Additional studies will be based on genes and gene families identified from whole genome sequencing of selected Arabidopsis ecotypes with PacBio sequencing. The successful candidate will also participate in dissecting the function of selected cod genes in cell cultures and heterologous systems. The starting point will be on genes encoding transcription factors with varying repeat lengths but will expand as regions of interest are identified from whole genome sequencing of individuals from the Aqua Genome Project (http://www.aquagenome.uio.no/).

The project as a whole consists of three interconnected work packages and is led by Professor Kjetill S. Jakobsen. The successful candidate will work on the work package entitled "Addressing the functionality of repeat variation in Arabidopsis and cod" led by Associate professor Melinka Butenko. The project has international collaborators and research visits to collaborating partners will be encouraged.

Qualifications

The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences has a strategic ambition of being a leading research faculty. Candidates for these fellowships will be selected in accordance with this, and expected to be in the upper segment of their class with respect to academic credentials.

The candidate must have a PhD or other corresponding education equivalent to a Norwegian doctoral degree in Molecular Biology.

The successful applicant should have skills and experience in studying receptor mediated signaling in plants. Experience with one or more of the following methods would also be an advantage: protein-protein interaction techniques (such as Co-IP, BiFC, FRET), fluorescent imaging, cloning and recombinant DNA technology; gene expression analysis; genetic methods in Arabidopsis thaliana, e.g. using T-DNA insertion, RNAi, CRISPR/Cas9 system and/or reporter lines.

The main purpose of post-doctoral research fellowships is to qualify researchers for work in top academic positions within their disciplines.

Please also refer to the regulations pertaining to the conditions of employment for post-doctoral fellowship positions:

http://www.uio.no/english/about/regulations/personnel/academic/regulations-employment-conditions-postdoc.html  

A good command of English is required.

Salary

Position code 1352, Pay Grade: 57 – 65 (NOK 483 700 – 560 700 per year, depending on qualifications and seniority).  

The application must include:

  • Application letter
  • CV(summarizingeducation, positions, pedagogical experience, administrative experience andother qualifying activity)
  • Copies of educational certificates and transcript of records
  • A complete list of publications and up to 5 academic works that the applicant wishes to be considered by the evaluation committee
  • Names and contact details of 2-3 references (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and telephone number)  

Please remember that all documents should be in English or a Scandinavian language.

In accordance with the University of Oslo’s equal opportunities policy, we invite applications from all interested individuals regardless of gender or ethnicity.

UiO has an agreement for all employees, aiming to e.g. secure rights to research results.


This opportunity has expired. It was originally published here:

http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/1648431/96323?iso=no

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Disciplines

Biology

Genetics

Study Levels

Postdoctoral

Research

Opportunity Types

Fellowships

Eligible Countries

International

Host Countries

Norway