Area
Plant & Crop Sciences
Location
Sutton Bonington
Salary
£35,116 to £46,735 per annum, depending on skills and experience (minimum £35116 with relevant PhD). Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance.
Fixed-term
Closing Date
Tuesday 05 August 2025
Interview Date
To be confirmed
Reference
SCI185325
Applications are invited for a Research Associate/Fellow to undertake research as part of a BBSRC-funded grant: “How are plants adapted to altitude through oxygen sensing?”
The successful applicant will use genetical, biochemical and physiological approaches to understand the biochemical basis of altitude adaptation through oxygen-sensing in plants, and its physiological consequences. This exciting project is a collaboration between researchers in the UK, Spain and Ecuador, it builds directly on our previous work identifying and characterising the molecular mechanism of altitude adaptation through oxygen-sensing in plants though the N-degron pathway of targeted proteolysis (eg. Gibbs et al Nature 2011, Abbas et al Current Biology 2015, Abbas et al Nature 2022).
Applicants must have, or expect to soon obtain, a PhD in a relevant area of plant biology, with an interest in working as part of a team.
This full time post (36.25 hours) is available from 17 September 2025 to 16 September 2028.
Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor Mike Holdsworth:
[email protected].
Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.
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