Research and teaching fellow University Department of Plant Sciences

Research and teaching fellow specialized in the field of plant–fungus symbioses:

The project aims to quantify the carbon cost of symbiosis in different hosts and conditions, explore the molecular mechanisms that allow plants to regulate carbon transfer to mycorrhizal fungi, and test whether carbon allocation, thus the cost-benefit balance, can be manipulated by genetic engineering of host plants. The successful candidate will use carbon tracing, single‑cell sequencing approaches, and targeted mutagenesis in the model crop rice to address these questions.

The successful candidate will be highly collaborative and motivated about working within an interdisciplinary team. They will possess excellent communication skills in English, strong organizational and time‑management abilities, and is eager to develop ideas and approaches to investigate research questions in the field of plant–fungus symbioses.

Applicants must hold a PhD plus 3 years of postdoctoral experience in the relevant field.

Substantial experience in all the following areas is required:

• Quantification and qualitative assessment of fungal colonization in rice roots
• Generation and characterization of transgenic rice plants
• Metabolomics and carbon tracing in plant‑fungus symbioses
• Bulk and single‑cell RNA and ATAC‑sequencing approaches in rice roots
• Bioinformatics analysis of large datasets