Salary: £32,255 to £39,345 depending on qualifications and experience.
Contract: Full-time, 6 months
Location: John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK.
Closing date: 29 April 2021
Reference: 1004035
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Penfield Group at the John Innes Centre, working on cutting-edge science in the field of molecular genomic characterisation of reproductive traits in Brassica napus.
About the John Innes Centre:
The John Innes Centre is an independent, international centre of excellence in plant science, genetics and microbiology. We nurture a creative, curiosity led approach to answering fundamental questions in bioscience, and translate that knowledge into societal benefits.
Our employees enjoy access to state-of-the-art technology and a diverse range of specialist training opportunities, including support for leadership and management. Click here to find out more about working at the John Innes Centre.
About the Group:
The successful applicant will join a strong group working to understand the biology underlying the effects of winter temperature variation and climate change on plant reproduction and yield. The applicant will work closely between the groups of Steven Penfield, Richard Morris and Lars Ostergaard in a large collaborative project, exploiting large datasets to understand the basis of variation in brassica reproductive traits.
The role:
The Postdoctoral Researcher will be interested in applying modern genomic techniques to understand the effect of temperature and climate change on plant reproductive development. The post-holder will use their skills in bioinformatics and programming to score haplotypes form short read sequence data and combine this will tissue specific trancriptome data and gene network models to explain variation in reproductive traits in oilseed rape. After building a trait database from existing data you will predict the basis of trait variation using statistical modelling.
The ideal candidate:
The successful applicant will have a PhD (full award or expected within 6 months) or equivalent in Plant Science, Bioinformatics or computational modelling and previous experience in bioinformatics, programming using Python or R and an understanding of plant or crop science.
Additional information:
The post is available from 1st June 2021 initially for 6 months with the prospect of extension to 1 year pending permission from the funder. Informal enquiries should be directed to Prof. Steven Penfield at
[email protected].
For further information and details of how to apply, please visit our web site
http://jobs.jic.ac.uk or contact the Human Resources team on 01603 450462 or
[email protected] quoting reference 1004035.
We are an equal opportunities employer, actively supporting inclusivity and diversity. As a Disability Confident organisation, we guarantee to offer an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for this vacancy. We are proud to hold a prestigious Gold Athena SWAN award in recognition of our inclusive culture, commitment and good practices towards advancing of gender equality. We offer an exciting, stimulating, diverse research environment and actively promote a family friendly workplace. The Institute is also a member of Stonewall’s Diversity Champions programme.
The John Innes Centre is a registered charity (No. 223852) grant-aided by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.
