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<td>Postdoctoral Position in Rice Reproduction Heat Stress</td>
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<td>Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:33:49 +0000</td>
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<td>Zoe Wilson <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Zoe.Wilson@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK"><Zoe.Wilson@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK></a></td>
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<td>Zoe Wilson <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Zoe.Wilson@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK"><Zoe.Wilson@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ARABUK@JISCMAIL.AC.UK">ARABUK@JISCMAIL.AC.UK</a></td>
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<b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span
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class="">Postdoctoral position at The University of
Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus- </span></b></h1>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial,
Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 23px;" class="">“Maintaining
rice reproduction under high temperature stress:- identifying
mechanisms and germplasm to increase crop resilience.”</span></h1>
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<div class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:
Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; background-color:
rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Applicants are invited for the
above post based in the Division of Plant and Crop Sciences,
University of Nottingham, working with Prof Zoe Wilson on a
BBSRC-Newton project entitled “Maintaining rice reproduction
under high temperature stress:- identifying mechanisms and
germplasm to increase crop resilience.” This project is a
collaboration between the University of Nottingham, Chinese
Academy of Agricultural Science and Shanghai Jiao Tong
University (China).</span></div>
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Flower development is critical for plant breeding and seed
production. Pollen formation is highly sensitive to
temperature stress; high temperature stress during flowering
therefore poses a serious threat to current and long-term crop
yields. Nevertheless there is considerable genetic variability
in tolerance to high temperature between species and
genotypes. Understanding how plants cope with heat stress
during reproductive development offers the potential to
identify genetic traits that can be manipulated and utilised
to improve temperature tolerance in crops.</p>
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This project will address these issues by developing rice
germplasm with enhanced resilience to temperature stress and
by providing detailed understanding of the molecular and
cytological changes occurring during reproduction under heat
stress, and the mechanisms conferring resilience to high
temperatures.</p>
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The successful candidate will be required to screen rice
materials to use Natural Variation to identify germplasm and
traits associated with temperature resilience. These materials
will be phenotyped in field and glasshouse conditions for
altered fertility and floral architecture as a consequence of
heat stress. Fieldwork will be conducted in two locations in
China. GWAS and Introgression marker analysis will be used to
identify the loci responsible. Molecular tools and transgenic
lines will be used to dissect the mechanisms behind these
traits.</p>
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Candidates must have PhD, or be close to submission of their
PhD thesis in a relevant subject, and have experience in
molecular genetics. The candidate must be computer literate in
Word, PowerPoint, Excel. The role requires expertise in plant
reproduction and the ability to carry out field screening
alongside lab based molecular biology and microscopy.</p>
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Informal enquiries may be addressed to Zoe Wilson, tel: 0115
9513235 or email <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:zoe.wilson@nottingham.ac.uk" style="margin:
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<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">Applications
directly through the University Web Site; </strong></p>
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<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">Closes </strong><span
style="font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(239, 245,
249);" class="">9th February 2016</span></p>
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<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">Three
Year, Fixed Term </strong></p>
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face="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif">£25,769 to
£28,143 per annum, depending on skills and experience
(minimum £28982 with relevant PhD). </font></p>
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Prof. Zoe A. Wilson<br class="">
Chair in Developmental Plant Biology<br class="">
School of Biosciences<br class="">
University of Nottingham<br class="">
Sutton Bonington Campus<br class="">
Loughborough, <br class="">
Leicestershire LE12 5RD, <br class="">
UK.<br class="">
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Tel: +44 (0)115 9513235<br class="">
Fax:+44 (0)115 9516334<br class="">
Email: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Zoe.Wilson@nottingham.ac.uk" class="">Zoe.Wilson@nottingham.ac.uk</a><br
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href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/biosciences/people/zoe.wilson"
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