Two assistant professorships (FoAss)

Dnr 312-226-10 Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC) is a Centre of Excellence in plant and forest biotechnology.At UPSC, ca 40 research groups work with various aspects of plant biology, including cell and molecular biology, genetics, genomics, developmental biology, physiology and ecophysiology.The centre was formed in 1999 as a collaboration between Umeå University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and has since then developed into the one of strongest research environment for plant science in Europe and offers to its researchers a variety of outstanding common resources and technical platforms, an highly collaborative and international atmosphere - at present over 35 nationalities - a graduate school for PhD students.For more information, visit http://www.upsc.se.Most research at UPSC exploits the model systems Arabidopsis and Populus, the research on various aspects of Populus growth, development, genomics and biotechnology is world-leading.Now another main model system will be added since a consortium of Swedish researchers, led by UPSC, has obtained funding to embark on a project to sequence the genome of Norway spruce (Picea abies).This project also includes, for example, projects on association mapping, a functional genomics and also comparative mapping in Scots pine.In addition, UPSC is a major partner of several big projects granted in 2009, "Bio4Energy", "Bioimprove", "Sustainable use of natural resources- forests and other plant material" and "Parasite resistant trees", as well as the "Berzelii centre for forest biotechnology", launched in 2007.These projects capitalize on the research infrastructure but also contribute to develop them further.As part of "Sustainable use of natural resources - forests and other plant material", two Assistant professor (FoAss) positions are now open. We look forward to receiving your application!