Postdoc (m/f/d) position on molecular mechanisms of nutrient exchange in arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis

The MPI of Molecular Plant Physiology in Potsdam is looking for aPostdoc (m/f/d) in the group „Mycorrhiza and Root Biology” of Prof. Dr. Caroline Gutjahr. The starting date is as soon as possible. Background:

The candidate will conduct high impact research on novel plant molecular mechanisms regulating and executing nutrient exchange between plants and arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi in the frame of the ‘

SymbioticExchange’ project

funded by the European Research Council. Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) is a symbiosis between about 80% of land plant species and fungi of the Glomeromycotina that improves plant nutrition with mineral nutrients. The fungi transfer mineral nutrients from the soil, especially phosphate to the plant, and receive carbon sources in the form of hexoses and lipids in return.

What we expect: