荷兰莱顿大学博士后职位---提高作物的生长和耐盐性

荷兰莱顿大学博士后职位---提高作物的生长和耐盐性

Postdoc, Improving Growth and Salt Tolerance of Crop Plants (Marbles)

Leiden University

Description

Project description

Soil salinity has emerged as a serious yield-limiting factor for global food security. The uptake of high amounts of salt inhibits diverse physiological and metabolic processes in plants thereby impacting their survival, growth and yield. Economically important crop plants, will be challenged with different marine microbiomes and subjected to dilution-to-extinction experiments to identify the minimal microbiome needed to confer salt tolerance. To this end, microbiome-challenged plants will be grown hydroponically in the greenhouse and exposed to different levels of salt stress. The composition of the microbiome associated with the plant roots will be monitored by 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing and metatranscriptome analysis to identify BGCs activated under salt stress and associated with the salt tolerant plant phenotype. Furthermore, the host mechanisms involved in the adaptation to the extreme salt environments mediated by the microbiome, will also be measured by transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses in the plant. Following the bioassays and ‘omics-based analyses, key players in the minimal microbiomes will be identified using co-occurrence and co-expression networks analysis followed by isolation, characterization and functional validation. Altogether, this will contribute to the understanding of the frequency of osmo-adaptation in marine microbiomes and how members of the marine microbiome can improve crop resilience to abiotic stress.

Key responsibilities

  Plan and conduct research activities (incl. establishing new molecular techniques)

  Present your work at (inter)national meetings and publish scientific articles

  Team player

  Willing to join an international project team of researchers: Dr. Víctor J. Carrión Bravo and Jos M. Raaijmakers.

  Co-supervise graduate students

Selection Criteria

  PhD degree in molecular plant-microbe interactions, molecular microbiology

  Demonstrable experience in molecular microbiology, mutagenesis (e.g. Crispr-Cas) and functional analyses.

  Experience with microbiome data mining, metagenomics and (bio)chemistry will be of added value

  Willing to work at two different locations

  Language skills: fluency in English writing and speaking required

For more information, see www. universiteitleiden.nl/en/science and https: // workingat.leiden.edu/

Terms and conditions

We offer a full-time position, for initially one year with a possibility for extension. Salary range from € 3.270,- to € 3.548,- {see https: // www. staff.universiteitleiden.nl/human-resources/conditions-of- employment-salary-and-allowance/salary/salary-scales-and-periodic- rise/science/fnw-board-office?cf=science&cd=fnw-board-office} gross per month (pay scale 10.3 – 10.5 in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities).

Leiden University offers an attractive benefits package with additional holiday (8%) and end-of-year bonuses (8.3 %), training and career development and sabbatical leave. Our individual choices model gives you some freedom to assemble your own set of terms and conditions. Candidates from outside the Netherlands may be eligible for a substantial tax break.

Leiden University is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from members of underrepresented groups.

Information

Enquiries can be made to Ass. Prof. Dr. Víctor J. Carrión Bravo or Prof. Dr. Jos M. Raaijmakers . If you have any questions about the procedure, please contact Sylvia Maas (jobs@biology.leidenuniv.nl).

Applications

To apply for this vacancy, please send an email to jobs@biology.leidenuniv.nl. Please ensure that you upload the following additional documents ( combined in a single pdf file ) quoting the vacancy number:

  Cover letter

  Curriculum vitae

  Two reference letters

Only applications received before20-12-2021 can be considered.