University of Cambridge - Department of Plant Sciences
Salary: £27,428 - £35,788 pa
Funding is available for 19 months.
Our interests lie in understanding how structural colour is generated by plants, with particular reference to floral iridescence.
We are seeking a researcher with strong skills in comparative morphology and molecular genetics, to investigate the morphological and ultrastructural features that underlie structural colour and the genetic mechanisms controlling its development.
The successful applicant will undertake a molecular genetic study of the development of cuticular striations on the petal epidermis, and will therefore require standard DNA and RNA manipulation skills. They will also identify other structures generating iridescence, requiring the use of a range of light and electron microscopy techniques.
The research is funded by the Leverhulme Trust and is a collaboration between Dr Beverley Glover (Department of Plant Sciences, Cambridge University), Dr Paula Rudall (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), Professor Richard Bateman (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) and Professor Ulli Steiner (Department of Physics, Cambridge University).
The researcher will be based in Cambridge but should expect to spend some time at Kew for particular parts of the study.
Further particulars, including details of how to apply, may be obtained from the Department's website at http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/.
Quote Reference: PD08164,
Closing Date: 24 June 2011
Interview Date(s): week commencing 11 July
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