<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><b class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#77bb40" class="">CEPLAS announces 3 faculty positions (W2 tenure track W3) at the universities of Cologne and Düsseldorf</font></b></div><div class=""><b class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#77bb40" class=""><br class=""></font></b></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Arial;">In CEPLAS - The Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences - researchers investigate in an interdisciplinary approach the characteristics and mechanisms of complex plant traits and their impact on plant performance and adaptation. This knowledge builds a foundation for sustainable cultivation of food, feed and energy crops. </span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="left: 59.8992px; top: 666.702px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.990915);"><div class="" style="font-family: Helvetica; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">CEPLAS is a joint venture of the Universities of Cologne and Düsseldorf, the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research and the Forschungszentrum Jülich. </font></div></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="left: 59.8992px; top: 666.702px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.990915);"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="left: 59.8992px; top: 666.702px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.990915);">We invite applications for:</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="left: 59.8992px; top: 666.702px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.990915);"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><b class=""><font color="#77bb40" class=""><span class="" style="left: 59.8992px; top: 666.702px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.990915);">W2/W3 </span><span class="" style="left: 119.17px; top: 666.702px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.05244);">Photosynthesis Research (HHU)</span></font></b></div><div class=""><span class="" style="left: 59.8992px; top: 685.905px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.02529);">The successful candidate </span><span class="" style="left: 262.373px; top: 685.905px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.02375);">conducts an internationally </span><span class="" style="left: 59.8992px; top: 705.107px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.991793);">competitive</span><span class="" style="left: 144.185px; top: 705.107px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.13479);"> research program focusing on </span><span class="" style="left: 443.057px; top: 705.107px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.99146);">the </span><span class="" style="left: 59.8992px; top: 724.309px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00188);">molecular, </span><span class="" style="left: 155.189px; top: 724.309px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.10053);">(eco -)physiological and/or </span><span class="" style="left: 378.209px; top: 724.309px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.991347);">biochemical </span><span class="" style="left: 59.8824px; top: 743.512px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.04688);">mechanisms underpinning the conversion of light </span><span class="" style="left: 59.8824px; top: 762.714px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.991515);">energy into plant biomass. </span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="left: 59.8824px; top: 804.714px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.990394);"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><b class=""><font color="#77bb40" class=""><span class="" style="left: 59.8824px; top: 804.714px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.990394);">W2/W3 </span><span class="" style="left: 119.136px; top: 804.714px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.25434);">Plant Metabolic </span><span class="" style="left: 246.01px; top: 804.714px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.09757);">Biochemistry </span><span class="" style="left: 356.234px; top: 804.714px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.01212);">(UoC)</span></font></b></div><div class=""><span class="" style="left: 59.8824px; top: 823.916px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.02529);">The successful candidate </span><span class="" style="left: 262.356px; top: 823.916px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.02463);">conducts an internationally </span><span class="" style="left: 59.8992px; top: 843.119px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.994209);">competitive research program </span><span class="" style="left: 299.803px; top: 843.119px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00231);">in plant biochemistry, </span><span class="" style="left: 59.8992px; top: 862.321px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.991402);">particularly </span><span class="" style="left: 164.479px; top: 862.321px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.10538);">focusing on protein biochemistry, </span><span class="" style="left: 59.8992px; top: 881.524px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.986567);">structure/function relationship </span><span class="" style="left: 289.135px; top: 881.524px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.977469);">or enzyme evolution </span><span class="" style="left: 453.271px; top: 881.524px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.992099);">in </span><span class="" style="left: 59.916px; top: 900.726px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.991528);">orthologous systems or natural environment</span><span class="" style="left: 384.156px; top: 900.726px; font-family: sans-serif;">.</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="left: 59.916px; top: 939.131px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.990915);"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><b class=""><font color="#77bb40" class=""><span class="" style="left: 59.916px; top: 939.131px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.990915);">W2/W3</span><span class="" style="left: 114.55px; top: 939.131px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.07122);"> Metabolic Reconstruction</span><span class="" style="left: 325.742px; top: 939.131px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.06388);">and Flux Analysis </span><span class="" style="left: 59.916px; top: 958.333px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.01212);">(UoC)</span></font></b></div><div class=""><span class="" style="left: 59.916px; top: 977.536px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.02529);">The successful candidate </span><span class="" style="left: 262.39px; top: 977.536px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.992016);">conducts</span><span class="" style="left: 329.102px; top: 977.536px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.04127);"> an internationally </span><span class="" style="left: 59.9496px; top: 996.738px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.01525);">competitive research program </span><span class="" style="left: 293.134px; top: 996.738px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00673);">integrating mechanistic </span><span class="" style="left: 525.2px; top: 398.658px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.989893);">modelling </span><span class="" style="left: 608.032px; top: 398.658px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.24347);">with plant </span><span class="" style="left: 696.893px; top: 398.658px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.05418);">and microbe metabolism </span><span class="" style="left: 903.807px; top: 398.658px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.990508);">and </span><span class="" style="left: 525.2px; top: 417.858px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.10119);">pathway recons</span><span class="" style="left: 641.945px; top: 417.858px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.992257);">truction, or -</span><span class="" style="left: 730.877px; top: 417.858px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.15975);">omics of natural </span><span class="" style="left: 853.177px; top: 417.858px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.992831);">systems. </span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="left: 853.177px; top: 417.858px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.992831);"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="left: 853.177px; top: 417.858px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.992831);"><b class="">Deadline: Dec 31, 2020</b></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="left: 853.177px; top: 417.858px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.992831);"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="left: 853.177px; top: 417.858px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.992831);"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""></div></body></html>