Job Description

Main Purpose of the Job

The Postdoctoral Researcher will work on the mechanistic basis of how cis-determinants through DNA sequence polymorphism and local chromatin changes influence co-transcriptional regulation and epigenetic switches. They will exploit the well-characterized Arabidopsis FLC system and dissect how different mutations have independently evolved to change the rates of FLC silencing over winter.

Key Relationships

Internal: Caroline Dean & Yiliang Ding - Line managers, Ding/Dean group members and, as necessary, other researchers, research support staff and students across the Institute. External: Collaborators

Main Activities & Responsibilities

Identify, plan, carry out and modify experiments to meet the objectives of the project - working closely with other members of the Ding-Dean supergroup.Prepare results, reports and manuscripts for publication in leading sc...