Postdoctoral Position in Receptor-Mediated Signaling in Plants : Leuven, Belgium

Description
One postdoctoral position to study the relationship between endocytosis and receptor-mediated signaling is available in the group of Jenny Russinova at the Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB-UGent, Gent, Belgium from 1st of September, 2015.

The project will take advantage of recent developments in the study of endocytic regulation of receptor-mediated signaling pathways in Arabidopsis. The aim of the project is to define the molecular machinery responsible for endocytic trafficking using proteomics and chemical genomics approaches.

Selected publications:

- Luo Y, Scholl S, Doering A et al., (2015) V-ATPase-activity in the TGN/EE is required for exocytosis and recycling in Arabidopsis. Nature Plants 1, 15094.
- Di Rubbo S et al., (2013) The clathrin adaptor complex AP-2 mediates endocytosis of BRASSINOSTEROIDINSENSITIVE1. The Plant Cell 25(8):2986-97.
- Irani NG, Di Rubbo S et al., (2012) Fluorescent castasterone reveals BRI1 signaling from the plasma membrane. Nature Chemical Biology 8(6):583-9.

Profile
​- Successful applicants will be highly motivated, have outstanding communication skills, have published (or be close to publishing) in major international journals and be capable of working independently in a goal oriented manner.
- Strong interests in cell biology, some experience with microscopy, image analysis, protein work and Arabidopsis are desirable.
- The applicants must have PhD degree in a related field, preferably no longer than three years ago.