Research Technician/Engineer in Plant Cell Biol

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.Research Technician/Engineer in Plant Cell Biology We are offering a long-term employment as a research technician or engineer within the research area of plant cell biology and at the confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) platform of Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC).We are searching for a research technician or engineer to work in the research group of Dr.Markus Grebe (75%) and at the CLSM platform of UPSC (25%).CLSM has found multiple applications in plant and animal cell biology, particularly concerning the visualization of subcellular protein localisation and dynamics.It is therefore important to strengthen the competence and possibilities for CLSM applications at UPSC.The research technician/engineer position will be associated with this group at the Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University.The candidate will participate in research projects in the area of Arabidopsis cell biology.This will also require to independently run the CLSM instrument(s) and to introduce users from different research groups at UPSC (or Umeå University) to their basic use and applications.Job description The position will involve CLSM and fluorescence microscopy-based visualization mostly in plants.This will include immunofluorescent imaging after immunolabelling, live imaging of fluorescent-protein fusions and other fluorescent probes as well as subsequent basic image analysis.Cell biological analyses will be carried out on Arabidopsis mutants and transgenic plants.Plants will be grown by the candidate under sterile and greenhouse conditions, in order to subject them to subsequent molecular genotyping by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based molecular techniques and cell biological analyses.After a training period of three months, the candidate is expected to independently run a CLSM instrument and to introduce other users into its basic applications. T The application should contain: 1.Curriculum vitae 2.Short written account of merits and experience relevant to the application.3.Copies of degrees, certificates, course transcripts or other relevant documents.4.List of publications (if applicable).5.Addresses of two referees (e.g.previous employers) that may be asked to provide a letter of reference.Applications will be discarded or, if the applicant so wishes, returned two years after the position has been filled.Documents sent electronically should be in MS Word or PDF format.