Postdoctoral Position in Fungal Cell Biology or Biochemistry / Structural Biology of Starship Transposons — ETH Zürich
- Location
- Zürich
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- Today
Role overview
Postdoctoral Position in Fungal Cell Biology or Biochemistry / Structural Biology of Starship Transposons
100%, Zurich print Drucken
The newly established Plant Disease Dynamics group at ETH Zurich is looking to recruit a postdoctoral researcher to study how transposons shape the biology of plant pathogenic fungi.
- Postdoctoral Position in Fungal Cell Biology or Biochemistry / Structural Biology of Starship Transposons
- 100%, Zurich print Drucken
Application process
- Cell biology track: develop and apply cellular and functional assays (e.g. confocal, single-cell sorting, membrane biology) to track Starship activity and passenger-gene mobilisation within living fungal cells
Additional details
- This new position will partner closely with that colleague, contributing either the cell-biology or the biochemistry/structural-biology perspective needed to move from population-level patterns to mechanistic, experimentally validated models of how Starship transposons move and integrate their cargo. Project background
- Together, the two approaches aim to identify which genetic and molecular features are essential for horizontal transfer.
Notes and original content
- 100%, Zurich
- This new position will partner closely with that colleague, contributing either the cell-biology or the biochemistry/structural-biology perspective needed to move from population-level patterns to mechanistic, experimentally validated models of how Starship transposons move and integrate their cargo.
- Project background
- Job description
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