Postdoc Molecular Plant Biology – Unraveling the ACC signaling pathway of plants

The lab of Prof. Van de Poel conducts fundamental research on plant hormones, especially ethylene, combining physiology and molecular biology. We are affiliated with the Biosystems Department of the University of Leuven (Belgium). In the framework of our ERC Consolidator Grant, we have an open full-time postdoctoral position to discover and characterize the ACC signaling pathway of plants, using the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha and the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana.
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Ethylene is an important plant hormone that regulates many developmental processes and stress responses.  In recent years, new evidence has emerged that the ethylene biosynthesis precursor ACC (1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid) can have signaling functions independent of ethylene.  In this project we will use the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha, a non-vascular model plant representative for early plant life on earth, to discover the ACC signaling pathway.  Therefore you will take part in a mutagenic screen to discover ACC signaling mutants, and characterize these mutants using reverse genetics and molecular biology approaches to mechanistically untangle the ACC signaling pathway.  Findings will be functionally validated using Arabidopsis thaliana.

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For more information please contact Prof. dr. Bram Van de Poel, tel.: +32 16 32 55 27, mail: bram.vandepoel@kuleuven.be.
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