Postdoctoral Researcher - CBGP (UPM-INIA/CSIC) Severo Ochoa: Understanding how important pest and...

Postdoctoral Researcher Position at the CBGP (UPM-INIA/CSIC)

(CBGP-Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence Research Programme)

- Project Title: Understanding how important pest and viral diseases will evolve in the context of climate change

- Position Reference: PLANTADAPT_02_CLIMATEPLANT-PEST-VIRUSINTERACT

We aim at understanding how plants will respond to important agronomic diseases in the context of global warming, paying special attention to the changes associated to translational and co-translational processes. In this context, the candidate will perform the following tasks:

• Phenotypic and molecular analyses of model plants and of agronomic interesting species to abiotic and biotic stresses. Stress conditions include: heat stress, spider mite infestation and virus infection
• Protein-protein interaction analyses including immunoprecipitation in plant
• Analysis of gene expression by RNAseq, qRT-PCR
• Genome wide translatome analyses and studies of de novo protein synthesis
• Protein stability assays
• Proteome analysis

Gene characterization: analyses of mutant lines, use of reporter lines, generation and analyses of genetic crosses