Post-doctoral Researcher in Plant Science

24 hours ago


Umeå, Västerbotten, Sweden Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet Full time

The Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology is part of the Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC), a centre of excellence for experimental plant research and forest biotechnology in Northern Sweden. Our mission is to conduct excellent and innovative basic research, generating knowledge that benefits forestry, agriculture, environment, and society.

We work across a wide range of disciplines in plant science, from cell biology to ecophysiology, and from basic research to industrial applications. Our common goal is to understand plants' ability to grow, adapt, and acclimate to a changing world and how we can breed better plants.

A post-doctoral position is available in the Niittylä group at the Umeå Plant Science Center, Sweden, to study carbon partitioning to wood using hybrid aspen as the model system. The position is financed by the NovoNordisk Synergy Project CarbonTree, a collaboration between the Niittylä group, the Moritz group at the University of Copenhagen, and the Mähönen group at the University of Helsinki.



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