Location: | Coventry |
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Salary: | £29,605 to £32,982 per annum |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 1st August 2024 |
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Closes: | 21st August 2024 |
Job Ref: | (109517-0724) |
Location: University of Warwick Campus, Coventry
Duration: 24 months
About the Role
For informal enquiries, please contact Murray Grant (Professor) at m.grant@warwick.ac.uk.
We are seeking an enthusiastic, hard-working and dedicated individual to support our dynamic lab’s research on various aspects of plant immunity. You will join a well-funded lab (predominately BBSRC supported) undertaking interdisciplinary discovery research on plant disease resistance, systemic immunity and suppression of plant defence. We use multiple approaches, integrating genetics, genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics and imaging (whole plants and subcellular) to dissect host and pathogen responses. Our ultimate objective is improved plant disease resistance for enhanced food security. Ideally you will have experience in plant biology or microbiology also a strong interest in scientific research and a willingness to engage, interact and discover. A clean driver’s licence is a mandatory requirement. The successful candidate will take full responsibility for all plant husbandry and phytobacterial culture maintenance and receive full training and mentoring across techniques they are unfamiliar with.
About You
Ideally, we are looking for someone with expertise in plant biology or bacterial microbiology, but we also welcome applications from enthusiastic people with a passion for science, a team player, excellent interpersonal and wet bench laboratory skills. Applicants should be proficient in basic molecular biology but those with experience/expertise in other experimental techniques (metabolomics, biochemistry, imaging) and a passion for discovery are welcome to apply. Applicants must have a clean drivers licence.
For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.
A core part of the post involves moving plants in a Departmental Van from the plant growth facility on main campus to our Gibbet Hill research laboratories (and vice versa).
CLOSING DATE: Wednesday 21 August 2024 at 11.55 pm
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