Wageningen University & Research
Wageningen University & ResearchThe mission of Wageningen University & Research is "To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life". Under the banner Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen University and the specialised research institutes of the Wageningen Research Foundation have joined forces in contributing to finding solutions to important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment. With its roughly 30 branches, 7,200 employees (6,400 fte) and 13,200 students and over 150.000 participants to WUR's Life Long Learning, Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading organisations in its domain. The unique Wageningen approach lies in its integrated approach to issues and the collaboration between different disciplines.
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You will work hereYou will be supervised by Dr. Kim Boutilier.
Her research is focussed on understanding the molecular-genetic basis for totipotency (plant regeneration through embryogenesis). Her group studies different types of
in vitro totipotency, including embryogenesis from haploid male and female gametophytes (pollen and embryo sac) and embryogenesis from vegetative tissues (somatic embryogenesis), as well as different types of seed-based embryogenesis systems (zygotic embryogenesis, egg cell parthenogenesis, maternal haploid induction). Understanding the role of embryo-identity transcription factors and chromatin modifying proteins in promoting and repressing these developmental programs is a major aspect of her research.
This research is embedded in the
Plant Developmental Systems group of Wageningen University and Research (WUR). The focus of the this group is on the molecular regulation of major developmental processes, like flowering, floral organ and fruit development, plant architecture, and embryogenesis, with a major emphasis on the role of transcription factors in these processes. The group carries out fundamental research on model organisms that has potential impact for implementation in crops. A multidisciplinary approach is followed that makes use of molecular and cell biology, plant physiology, chemical biology, bioinformatics and various high-throughput 'omics' technologies. The team consist of a very social and highly motivated group of staff researchers, technicians, and (international) PhD students/post-docs.
You will also be part of the
Experimental Plant Sciences Graduate School, a Dutch interuniversity graduate school that helps train PhD candidates and postdocs to become self-reliant researchers by organizing courses, seminars, symposia, meetings, workshops and summer schools.
We will recruit for the vacancy ourselves, so no employment agencies please. However, sharing this vacancy in your network is appreciated.