Postdoctoral Positions – BBSRC Funded Project – University of Oxford
Postdoctoral Positions in BBSRC funded project at University of Oxford.
Applications are invited for two 3-year postdoctoral positions (one biochemist and one molecular biologist) on a BBSRC-funded project, Tonoplast transport as a determinant of tomato fruit chemical composition, led by Dr Lee Sweetlove and Prof. Andrew Smith, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford. The flavour and nutritional quality of tomatoes are determined by the metabolites that accumulate during fruit ripening. This project will test the hypothesis that the activity of transport proteins at the vacuolar membrane is a major determinant of final solute content in ripe fruit. The project will use proteomic and genetic approaches in combination with measurement of tomato fruit tonoplast transport properties to identify membrane proteins that control the accumulation of major carboxylic and amino acids.
Who can Apply?
Biochemist – Postdoctoral Position (Post Ref. No. AP09011)
- Research skills and expertise in (i) membrane / organelle isolation (ii) membrane transport assays (iii) protein biochemistry (iv) proteomics (v) metabolite analysis.
Molecular Biologist – Postdoctoral Position (Post Ref. No. AP09012)
- Proven research skills and expertise in at least one of the following areas: (i) molecular genetics (ii) production of transgenic plants (especially transformation of tomato plants) (iii) transient expression of genes in plants (iv) expression of plant genes in heterologous systems (e.g. bacteria, yeast, xenopus oocytes) (v) microscopy / subcellular protein localisation.
How To Apply?
Send Application Form, Curriculum Vitae, name and contact details of 2 references,
Departmental Administrator
Department of Plant Sciences
University of Oxford
South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RB
Email: recruit@plants.ox.ac.uk
Electronic applications are acceptable in PDF, PS or MS Word formats.
Application Deadline: October 29th (Thursday), 2009
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Postdoctoral Position – Bioinformatics – United Kingdom
Postdoctoral Position in Bioinformatics available at University of Oxford.
A full-time post for three years in the first instance funded by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) – Global Research Programme (GRP) is available as soon as practicable. The role of this position is to contribute to the wheat project titled Crop-plant domestication in the genome-biology era. This exciting multidisciplinary project combines cutting edge genomic science, bioinformatic data analysis and classical plant genetics to answer important questions concerning the evolution and adaptation of wheat, the world’s major food crop.
Who can Apply?
- Ph.D./ D.Phil in Genetics, Bioinformatics, Statistics or Computer Science.
- Ability to conceptually span the disciplines of ‘classical’ plant genetics, high-throughput pyrosequencing technology and bioinformatic analyses and to communicate that understanding to group members expert in other disciplines.
- Skills in one or several programming/scripting languages (Perl, Python, Tcl, C/C++, Pascal, R) and experience in database programming (eg. MySQL), together with practical experience of genome annotation and evolutionary bioinformatics.
- Skills in genomic database handling, bioinformatic search algorithms and statistical analysis tools (e.g. MatLab, S-Plus, SAS) to further the aims of the project.
How To Apply?
Send Application Form, Curriculum Vitae, name and contact details of 2 references, clearly quoting post reference no. AP09013 to
Departmental Administrator
Department of Plant Sciences
University of Oxford
South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RB
Email: recruit@plants.ox.ac.uk
Electronic applications are acceptable in PDF, PS or MS Word formats.
Application Deadline: October 29th (Thursday), 2009
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