Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Plant-Insect-Pathogen Interaction

24 May 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

FAPESP - São Paulo Research Foundation

Research Field

Other

Researcher Profile

Established Researcher (R3)

Country

Brazil

Application Deadline

14 Jun 2024 - 23:59 (UTC)

Type of Contract

To be defined

Job Status

Not Applicable

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

The investigation of sugarcane defensive genes in response to herbivore insects revealed molecular interactions between plants, insects and fungi. A set of PR-4 proteins called Sugarwins was upregulated in sugarcane in response to the insect pest Diatraea saccharalis in the borer-rot complex. These proteins affected Fusarium verticillioides and Colletotrichum falcatum but did not affect larval development or mortality. Understanding this complex indicated that fungus modify volatile and entice female, non-contaminated moths to lay their eggs in infected plants for field fungal dissemination. This initiative investigates borer-rot complex multitrophic interaction. Studying this technique will reveal how insects detect volatiles and how fungi affect plant-insect interaction.

Candidate profile: Bachelor's and PhD in biology, agronomy, biotechnology, or similar discipline. Experience in plant-insect-pathogen interaction, molecular biology, microbiology, lab-reared insects, and bioinformatics. Candidates must be innovative and able to build a competitive research project independently under team leadership. Excellent English or Portuguese writing and speaking skills. Collaboration with academic scholars is ideal.

The fellow will be based at the University of São Paulo's Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ-USP) in Piracicaba, Brazil.

This opportunity is open to candidates of any nationality. The selected candidate will receive a Post-Doctoral fellowship from the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) in the amount of R$ 9,047.40 monthly and a research contingency fund, equivalent to 10% of the annual value of the fellowship which should be spent on items directly related to the research activity. 
 
More information about the fellowship is at: fapesp.br/oportunidades/7074 .

Requirements
Additional Information
Eligibility criteria

Eligible destination country/ies for fellows:

• Brazil

Eligibility of fellows: country/ies of residence:

• All

Eligibility of fellows: nationality/ies:

• All

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ-USP)

Country

Brazil

State/Province

São Paulo

City

Piracicaba

Postal Code

13418-900

Street

Av. Pádua Dias, 11 (Departamento de Genética)

Where to apply

Website

http://www.fapesp.br/oportunidades/7074

Contact

State/Province

São Paulo

City

São Paulo

Website

http://www.fapesp.br/oportunidades/

Street

R. Pio XI, 1500 - Alto da Lapa

Postal Code

05468-901

STATUS: EXPIRED