Postdoctoral scientist (f/m/d) in the field of Molecular Biology

Your tasks:

• Clone and express genes in various systems (e.g., tobacco leaves, protoplasts and yeast).
• Characterize the molecular function, biochemical activity, protein-protein interactions or transcriptional activation activity of candidate proteins.
• Establish and implement methodologies for the characterization of proteins.
• Perform the phenotypic and physiological characterization of transgenic and CRISPR/Cas-edited barley plants
• Write manuscripts and present work at seminars and conferences.

Your qualifications and skills:

• You have a Ph.D. degree in plant sciences, molecular biology, biochemistry or closely related fields.
• You have in-depth knowledge of molecular biology and protein characterization.
• You have a very good scientific publication record, with at least one article published as first author in a highly reputed peer-reviewed journal.
• You have prior experience with at least three of the following approaches: yeast one-hybrid (Y1H), yeast two-hybrid (Y2H), split-luciferase complementation (split-LUC), Co-Immunoprecipitation (Co-IP), chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP), trans-activation assays.
• You have very good command of English (both spoken and written).
• Ideally you have a good knowledge of plant physiology, especially in phytohormone signaling and/or plant nutrition.
• Skills in statistics and the use of R are beneficial.

We offer you:

• A working environment with a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities.
• Excellent infrastructure with modern laboratory equipment and phenotyping facilities.
• Remuneration and benefits according to the German Public Service regulation (TV-L) up to salary-level E13, depending on qualification.Please indicate the reference number 13/02/24 in your correspondence.