Junior Research Scientist on the determinism of host specificity of phytopathogenic bacteria

Updated: 3 months ago
Location: Castanet Tolosan, MIDI PYRENEES
Job Type: FullTime
Deadline: 05 Mar 2024

30 Jan 2024
Job Information
Organisation/Company

French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment (INRAE)
Department

0441 LIPME
Research Field

Biological sciences
Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)
Country

France
Application Deadline

5 Mar 2024 - 23:59 (UTC)
Type of Contract

Permanent
Job Status

Full-time
Hours Per Week

35
Offer Starting Date

1 Sep 2024
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

You will carry out your research activity within the Plant-Microbe-Environment Interactions Laboratory (LIPME), a joint INRAE-CNRS research unit located on the INRAE Occitanie-Toulouse campus. LIPME (www.lipme.fr ), bringing together nearly 150 staffs, is structured into 13 research groups and benefits from a scientific framework favoring interactions with several plant biology and ecology laboratories in the Toulouse region. You will join the SIX team “Infectious Strategies of Xanthomonas” (www.xantho.fr ) whose major objective is to decipher the molecular dialogue between pathogenic bacteria and plants.
Our inability to predict host specificity in plant pathogens from their genomes and effector repertoires strongly limits the anticipation and prevention of epidemic risks and host jumps associated with the introduction of new crops or pathogenic microbes. To date, only few microbial effector proteins have been described as determinants of host specificity. By relying on original methodological and biological proofs of concept developed within the SIX team, you will decipher, using a synthetic biology approach, the genetic determinisms of host specificity in pathogenic bacteria of the Xanthomonas genus and develop a predictive approach. To this end, you will study effectors from Xanthomonas of varied host spectra. The generic high-throughput strategy that you will develop can be extended to other candidate gene families and other plant pathogens. For this synthetic biology project, you will exploit your expertise in microbial genetics, molecular biology and statistical processing of omics data. You will benefit from a suitable experimental and bioinformatics environment and pre-established collaborations on the subject.


Requirements
Research Field
Biological sciences
Education Level
PhD or equivalent

Additional Information
Website for additional job details

https://jobs.inrae.fr/en/open-competitions/open-competions-research-scientists-…

Work Location(s)
Number of offers available
1
Company/Institute
French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment (INRAE)
Country
France
City
31326 CASTANET TOLOSAN
Postal Code
31326
Geofield


Where to apply
Website

https://jobs.inrae.fr/en/open-competitions/open-competions-research-scientists-…

Contact
City

31326 CASTANET TOLOSAN
Website

https://jobs.inrae.fr/en/open-competitions/open-competions-research-scientists-crcn
Postal Code

31326
E-Mail

[email protected]

STATUS: EXPIRED