Post-doc postition

Umeå University - with its 29,000 students and over 4,000 employees - is an organisation in constant change and development.The university's researchers carry out excellence within several areas of research, and many of them are among the world's elite.We are one of Sweden's largest providers of education and offer a broad and attractive range of courses and programmes.Our campus constitutes an inspiring environment for everyone that studies and works here.We wish to co-operate with companies and organisations throughout the Umeå region and all over the world.Post-doc position (2 years) at the Umeå Plant Science Centre on The Role of the Cytoskeleton During Planar Polarity Formation in Arabidopsis The position is available at the earliest possible time point.The project addresses the role of the actin and tubulin cytoskeletons during the coordination of cell polarity in the Arabidopsis root epidermis, specifically during the formation of plant-specific planar polarity of root-hair positioning (c.f.Grebe et al.2002, Current Biology 12, 329-334; Fischer et al.2006, Current Biology 16, 2143-2149; Fischer et al.2007, Biochem.Soc.Trans.35,149-151).To qualify for the position you should have a PhD degree or equivalent, preferably not more than three years old. The application can be submitted either electronically or in hard-copy form.Documents sent electronically should be in MS Word or PDF format.Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, copies of degree certificates, a statement of previous research achievements and teaching merits, a publication list and reprints/copies of published work numbered according to this list, a research plan (maximum 4 pages) and two letters of reference, all in two copies if the application is in hard copy form.Note, in order to be considered, applications must include copies or .pdf files of reprints.