Location: | Birmingham |
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Salary: | £36,130 to £45,413 Grade 7 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 10th July 2025 |
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Closes: | 31st July 2025 |
Job Ref: | 106011 |
Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £36,130 to £45,413 with potential progression once in post to £48,149
Contract Type: Fixed Term contract up to September 2027
Background
A Postdoctoral Research Fellow position is available within the Seed Revolution Lab in the School of Biosciences at the University of Birmingham. The Research Fellow will work as part of the Royal Society-funded project “Fern seed found? Testing a new hypothesis for the origin of seed gene networks”. This project aims to use reverse genetics, cross-species complementation and single cell next-generation sequencing approaches to investigate how the gene networks that regulate seed development first evolved from a seedless vascular plant. Specifically, this project will test whether seed gene networks are conserved with those of the gametophyte egg-chamber (archegonium) the fern Ceratopteris richardii.
This position will be based in the Plant Science & Food Security theme within the School of Biosciences on the University of Birmingham Edgbaston Campus. The School is part of the College of Life and Environmental Sciences.
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Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Andy Plackett, email: A.R.G.Plackett@bham.ac.uk
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