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Uppsala University is seeking a creative and motivated researcher for a tenure-track position in Environmental Physiology. Join a vibrant and collaborative research environment where we investigate the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying organismal physiology, development, and responses to environmental challenges- in animals and plants/algae. Bring your favourite model system and help advance our understanding of … Continued

🇸🇪🇩🇰 𝘚𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘯𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬 Join an exciting international postdoctoral project focused on advancing sustainable bioproduction through Chlamydomonas phenotyping and lipid analysis. This project aims to revolutionize how we screen and evolve microalgae for improved lipid production and thermal resilience — with potential impact on food systems, bioenergy, and climate adaptation. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 – … Continued

The Nicastro lab (www.utsouthwestern.edu/labs/nicastro/) in the Cell Biology Department of UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas is recruiting postdoctoral fellows with interest in Cell and Structural Biology, specifically Cellular Cryo-Electron Tomography and Cilia Research. Why join the Nicastro lab: • Cryo-electron microscopy and cellular cryo-electron tomography are fast growing research fields, and this is a … Continued

For the DFG-funded project ‘Exploring Transit Peptides through Photosynthetic Restoration in Chlamydomonas’ in Dr. Oliver Caspari’s lab at the Institute for Microbiology and Biotechnology, Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn. Please see: https://www.uni-bonn.de/de/universitaet/arbeiten-an-der-uni/stellenangebote/stellenausschreibungen/phd-student-for-the-dfg-funded-project-exploring-transit-peptides-through-photosynthetic-restoration-in-chlamydo-monas PDF announcement

We are seeking a motivated and driven PhD student for a 4-year position. The project will focus on blue light signaling in the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, specifically investigating the molecular partners of the photoreceptor Phototropin and their role in signal transduction, gene expression and photosynthetic efficiency. Please find the full job advert and application … Continued

The Shan He lab in the Department of Botany at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for Ph.D. students wishing to start in Summer/Fall 2025. Our lab explores how eukaryotic algae adjust their photosynthetic strategies at the molecular level in response to fluctuating environmental changes. 🌱🔬🌟Learn more about our research: https://botany.wisc.edu/staff/he-shan/. Qualifications: Demonstrated interest in plant … Continued

We are looking for dynamic, self-motivated, team-oriented postdoctoral researchers, to investigate the molecular mechanisms involved in the sensing and response of green microalgae to changes in light and CO2 availability, and in the regulation of photosynthetic CO2 capture and partitioning (https://petroutsoslab.com/). We offer three postdoctoral positions to conduct research on the model green microalga Chlamydomonas … Continued

The Plant Physiology group at the Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, offers a Ph.D. position starting from 1 July 2024, subject to formal funding approval. Activities and responsibilities The unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii secretes substantial amounts of glycolate under photorespiratory conditions (Taubert et al., Plant Biotechnol. J. 17, 1538-1546 (2019)). As glycolate is an important … Continued

A Postdoctoral Research Associate position in algal engineering biology is available in the laboratory of Prof. Alistair McCormick at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh. We are seeking a highly motivated researcher to take a lead role in testing strategies for improving photosynthesis through a novel high-throughput engineering strategy to modify the chloroplast … Continued

INTERESTED IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH? CONSIDERING A GAP YEAR BEFORE GRAD SCHOOL? RESEARCH ASSISTANT OPPORTUNITIES The Merchant Lab in the University of California Berkeley’s Institute for Quantitative Biosciences is hiring two laboratory research technicians- Position 1: Symbiotic interactions between algae and bacteria. Use laboratory culture-based systems to study interactions between algae and bacteria from soil. Explore … Continued