波兰科学院招聘植物基因学方向博士后

The Director of the Institute of Plant Genetics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPG PAS), Poznan, POLAND – prof. Bogdan WOLKO announces an open competition for the full-time position for the junior postdoctoral researcher (R2) having strong interest in molecular and cellular aspects of plant development, willing to join the international team created at the Department of Integrative Plant Biology IPG PAS as a part of the FP7-ERA Chairs EU funded project (acronym: BIO-TALENT).
 

Description

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER (Code: R2_BIOMOL) – junior postdoctoral researcher (R2) in molecular and cellular aspects of plant development. The Candidate should have a good molecular biology skill and strong background in developmental biology of plants. Additional skill required is the knowledge on general techniques of microscopy including at least basic training on confocal microscope. Willingness to learn and use advance microscopy (including atomic force) and imaging techniques will be welcome. Selected person should be able to generate transgenic lines, perform gene cloning and quantitative expression studies. Successful candidate should be able to use epifluorescent or confocal microscope for imaging of gene activity or cellular events. Selected person will be responsible for plant phenotyping and measurements, will contribute to the interpretation of results, planning experiments and writing of research papers. The successful candidate should hold the PhD degree in Biology, Plant Sciences or Molecular Biology, preferably up to 5 years after PhD. The successful candidate is expected to cooperate with other BIO-TALENT team members. The BIO-TALENT team will consist of 3 experienced researchers (including the ERA Chair holder) specializing in: - molecular and cellular aspects of plant development [ERA Chair holder] - phenomics and plant imaging specialist [SENIOR 1] - large scale transcriptomics, reverse genetics and data analysis specialist [SENIOR 2] The team will also consist of a junior and senior post doc, 2 PhD students and a broker of innovation. Due to the international character of the team a good English language skill is required and collaborative research at the Institute and international levels is expected.
 

Benefits

Gross monthly salary: 2 000 € (includes insurance costs paid by the employer) Employment at the IPG PAS will be in the form of a full-time job contract in the period of the project (up to 50 months, May 2015 – June 2019, the exact start to be agreed). The payment will include insurance and health care, in agreement with the rules of Polish legislation.