7 Feb 2025
Job Information
- Organisation/Company
Universite de Montpellier- Department
Human Resources- Research Field
Biological sciences » Biology- Researcher Profile
Recognised Researcher (R2)- Positions
Postdoc Positions- Country
France- Application Deadline
7 Mar 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/Paris)- Type of Contract
Temporary- Job Status
Full-time- Hours Per Week
38- Offer Starting Date
1 Apr 2025- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Horizon Europe- Reference Number
2025-R0171- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No
Offer Description
Main mission:
Plant shoot branching is a developmental process which is strongly regulated by the environment. For example, nitrate availability has a promoting effect on shoot branching. However, the molecular mechanisms that underpin the regulation of shoot branching by nitrate remain elusive. NPF transporters play an important role in mediating the effect of nitrate in different development processes. Interestingly, the mutant npf4.4 displays an increased branching phenotype compared to the wild-type, especially under nitrate deficiency. The goal of this project is decipher how NPF4.4 is involved in the control of shoot branching. To achieve this, a fine characterisation at the genetic and molecular level will be performed. This will be combined with assays in a heterologous system (xenopus oocyte), aimed at testing the transport activity of this NPF for hormones, focusing on strigolactones, a class of hormones playing a crucial role in shoot branching.
The candidate will be asked to characterise the role of NPF4.4 in shoot branching and test the transport activity of selected NPFs for hormones involved in shoot branching, mainly focusing on strigolactones.
Activities:
- plant cultivation and phenotyping (shoot development),
- GUS staining,
- gene expression analysis (RNA-seq and Q-PCR),
- molecular cloning,
- work in xenopus oocyte (extrcating and injecting oocytes)
Where to apply
francois.barbier@cnrs.fr
Requirements
- Research Field
- Biological sciences » Biology
- Education Level
- PhD or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications
- Plant physiology and development,
- Molecular biology,
- Work in xenopus oocyte.
- Research Field
- Biological sciences » Biology
Additional Information
Selection process
Send your CV and cover letter by email at francois.barbier@cnrs.fr before March, 7th of 2025.
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- Institute for Plant Sciences of Montpellier (IPSIM)
- Country
- France
- City
- Montpellier
- Postal Code
- 34090
- Geofield
Contact
- City
Montpellier- Website
http://www.umontpellier.fr/- Street
163 rue Auguste Broussonnet- Postal Code
34000
francois.barbier@cnrs.fr
STATUS: EXPIRED
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