Research Assistant
Applications for this vacancy closed on 25 October 2023 at 12:00PM
The Department of Biology is looking for a Research Assistant to join the
Poole group to work on a project funded by BBSRC.
With the human population estimated to reach 9.8 billion people by 2050, the
looming nitrogen (N) crisis, stemming from the intensive use of fertilisers in
agriculture, requires urgent global action. Massive synthesis and application
of fertiliser N has a large energy cost, causes CO2 release and results in
large-scale loss of reduced N to the environment. Use of legumes, which in
association with rhizobia can fix up to 200 kg N per ha, as crops and for
forage are potential ways to improve both N efficiency and the sustainability
of agriculture. We are therefore studying the lifecycle of rhizobia from the
rhizosphere to its role as a nitrogen fixing endosymbiont in legume root
nodules. This involves complex changes in its cells wall and outer membrane.
In this project the successful applicant will investigate the biochemistry and
genetics of these changes and the specific role of LDT-transaminases in
remodelling peptidoglycan. This will involve cloning and mutating the LDT-
transaminases and investigating their impact on the growth and nitrogen
fixation properties of the bacteria inoculated onto legumes.
Where Covid-19 has resulted in substantial disruption to your work or research
outputs, please explain this by providing an additional paragraph in your
supporting statement.
The University of Oxford is committed to equality and valuing diversity. All
applicants will be judged on merit, according to the selection criteria.
This post is full time and available immediately for till 31 March 2026.
The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon (GMT +1) on Wednesday 25th
October, interviews are likely to be scheduled for early November.
Applications for this vacancy are to be made online via our e-recruitment
system, and you will be required to upload a supporting statement and CV as
part of your online application.
Poole group to work on a project funded by BBSRC.
With the human population estimated to reach 9.8 billion people by 2050, the
looming nitrogen (N) crisis, stemming from the intensive use of fertilisers in
agriculture, requires urgent global action. Massive synthesis and application
of fertiliser N has a large energy cost, causes CO2 release and results in
large-scale loss of reduced N to the environment. Use of legumes, which in
association with rhizobia can fix up to 200 kg N per ha, as crops and for
forage are potential ways to improve both N efficiency and the sustainability
of agriculture. We are therefore studying the lifecycle of rhizobia from the
rhizosphere to its role as a nitrogen fixing endosymbiont in legume root
nodules. This involves complex changes in its cells wall and outer membrane.
In this project the successful applicant will investigate the biochemistry and
genetics of these changes and the specific role of LDT-transaminases in
remodelling peptidoglycan. This will involve cloning and mutating the LDT-
transaminases and investigating their impact on the growth and nitrogen
fixation properties of the bacteria inoculated onto legumes.
Where Covid-19 has resulted in substantial disruption to your work or research
outputs, please explain this by providing an additional paragraph in your
supporting statement.
The University of Oxford is committed to equality and valuing diversity. All
applicants will be judged on merit, according to the selection criteria.
This post is full time and available immediately for till 31 March 2026.
The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon (GMT +1) on Wednesday 25th
October, interviews are likely to be scheduled for early November.
Applications for this vacancy are to be made online via our e-recruitment
system, and you will be required to upload a supporting statement and CV as
part of your online application.
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The Department of Biology is looking for a Research Assistant to join the Poole group to work on a project funded by BBSRC. With the human population estimated to reach 9.8 billion people by 2050, the looming nitrogen (N) crisis, stemming from the intensive use of fertilisers in agriculture, requires urgent global action. Massive synthesis and application of fertiliser N has a large energy cost, causes CO2 release and results in large-scale loss of reduced N to the environment. Use of legumes, which in association with rhizobia can fix up to 200 kg N per ha, as crops and ... The Department of Biology is looking for a Research Assistant to join the
Poole group to work on a project funded by BBSRC. With the human population estimated to reach 9.8 billion people by 2050, the looming nitrogen (N) crisis, stemming from the intensive use of fertilisers in agriculture, requires urgent global action. Massive synthesis and application of fertiliser N has a large energy cost, causes CO2 release and results in large-scale loss of reduced N to the environment. Use of legumes, which in association with rhizobia can fix up to 200 kg N per ha, as crops and for ... |
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