Senior Research Engineer - Befattningen är under tillsättning eller redan tillsatt, och det är inte längre möjligt att lämna in en ansökan
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Umeå University, Medicinska fakulteten
Umeå University is one of Sweden’s largest higher education institutions with over 37,000 students and about 4,700 employees. The University offers a diversity of high-quality education and world-leading research in several fields. Notably, the groundbreaking discovery of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool, which was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, was made here. At Umeå University, everything is close. Our cohesive campuses make it easy to meet, work together and exchange knowledge, which promotes a dynamic and open culture.
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The Faculty of Medicine, which consists of 13 departments, is responsible for biomedical research and courses in the field of nursing and health care and has an extensive research and graduate education in more than 80 subjects.
Description
The research project concerns studies of transcriptional regulatory proteins and proteins in the mediator complex of Arabidopsis thaliana and their importance in responding to various stress situations.
The employment is a full time position for 12 months and is placed in the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics.
Task assignments
Biochemical purification and characterization of the mediator complex, RNA sequencing, RT-qPCR, chromatin immunoprecipitation/large-scale sequencing, and characterization of phenotypes in mutants. Cultivation of Arabidopsis thaliana, generation, phenotypic characterization of Arabidopsis mutants, work with molecular biological/biochemical techniques in plants, growth of plant cells in tissue culture and development of transgenic plants, work with abiotic stress in plants, as well as microscopy and cellular localization of proteins.
Qualifications
PhD in Biochemistry or equivalent. Applicants should have experience of the task assignments described above. Applicants should also have experience of work with large-scale sequencing, both in terms of performing the laboratory steps and analysis of data.
Applicants should have experience in cloning, expression and purification of recombinant proteins in E. coli.
| Type of employment | Temporary position |
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| Contract type | Full time |
| First day of employment | Upon agreement |
| Salary | Monthly salary |
| Number of positions | 1 |
| Full-time equivalent | 100 procent |
| City | Umeå |
| County | Västerbottens län |
| Country | Sweden |
| Reference number | AN 2.2.1-714-20 |
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| Published | 07.May.2020 |
| Last application date | 04.Jun.2020 11:59 PM CEST |