Research Associate (100% Postdoctoral position)

at  FriedrichSchillerUniversitt Jena

Job advertisement
Vacancy ID: 180/2024
Closing date: 2024-10-13
Friedrich Schiller University is a traditional university with a strong research profile rooted in the heart of Germany. As a university covering all disciplines, it offers a wide range of subjects. Its research is focused on the areas Light—Life—Liberty. It is closely networked with non-research institutions, research companies and renowned cultural institutions. With around 17.000 students and more than 10.000 employees, the university plays a major role in shaping Jena’s character as a cosmopolitan and future-oriented city.
The Matthias Schleiden Institute of Genetics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Botany (Division Prof. Dr. Maria Mittag) seeks to fill the position of a
Research Associate (100% Postdoctoral position)
commencing on 1st February 2025.
We offer a full-time position (40 hours per week) initially offered as a fixed-term position until 31th January 2028.
You will be part of our research team and are responsible in finding molecular signaling components involved either in bacterial-algal interactions or in algal photoperception. You will be also involved in teaching Bachelor and Master students.

• Develop, coordinate, manage and publish research projects within (i) the field of algal-bacterial interactions (e.g. Carrasco Flores D et al. 2024, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 121:e2401632121; Hou et al. 2023, New Phytol. 237: 1620-1635; Stallforth et al. 2023, Trends Biochem. Sci. 48: 71-81) or (ii) algal photoperception (e.g. Rredhi et al. 2024, J Mol Biol. 436:168271; Petersen et al., 2022, Plant Physiol. 190: 924-937).
• Conduct interdisciplinary research with collaboration partners in organic chemistry and (bio)physical chemistry.
• Support faculty teaching in the Bachelor programs Biology/Biochemistry (German language knowledge needed) and in the Master Molecular Life Sciences (English study program) in Plant Sciences and Molecular Life Sciences.
• Supervise and support Bachelor and Master students.
• Work on an own scientific qualification project, e.g. habilitation, tenure track professorship
  Please contact Prof. Dr. Maria Mittag (E-Mail: ) for questions.