Postdoctoral Researcher in Plant-virus Interactions

Postdoctoral Researcher in Plant-virus Interactions

UvA - University of Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

€ 3.546 - € 5.538 per month gross

Are you a skilled researcher in Plant biology, and intrigued by how plant viruses manipulate their host? We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher for an ambitious proteomics project on plant viruses!

This is what you will do

• work with plants and viruses and to perform disease assays;
• employ an optimized proteomics method that uses cross-linking and affinity purification to determine the RNA-binding proteome dynamics upon infection of plant RNA viruses;
• analyze RNAseq and proteomics data, and apply and implement advanced biochemistry, molecular biology, and cell biology methods;
• to use molecular tools to manipulate genes and gene expression in planta to functionally characterize the role of the identified proteins in susceptibility and/or resistance to viruses;
• to report and present your work progress on a regular basis to our industrial partners;
• to actively participate in scientific discussions in our research field and our university;
• to contribute as a (pro-)active team player to the organization of our laboratory.

What we ask of you

You are an ambitious person, a team player with an open character. You are enthusiastic and willing to become multidisciplinary with a keen eye on Plant virology and/or Plant-microbe interactions.

Next to this you have/are:

• A recent PhD degree in Plant biology with 1 or more publications as first author in a peer-reviewed scientific journal;
• preferentially, skilled in proteomics, plant biochemistry and big data (statistical) analyses including bioinformatics and scripting in Phyton, R studio, MaxQuant, Persues or related;
• hands-on experience in and affinity with molecular biology (Gibson assembly, Goldengate, Gateway cloning strategies, CRISPR-Cas strategies, synthetic biology, plant transformations);
• An appreciation to contribute to valorization efforts and to foster collaborations with academic and industry partners;
• An understanding and acceptance of the sensitivity of confidentiality in public-private collaborations;
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken, with proven in experience in writing scientific papers/grants.