Organisation/Company Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica Research Field Biological sciences Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions PhD Positions Application Deadline 31 Aug 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Madrid) Country Spain Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 37.5 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

ABOUT CRAG

CRAG is an independent research institution engaged in leading-edge basic and applied plant and farm animal sciences. CRAG is established as a Consortium of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), and University of Barcelona (UB). The Center is located at the UAB Campus, and currently hosts 200 members from across the world.

Research Programs at CRAG (from basic science to applied research using plant experimental model systems, crops and farm animals)



make extensive use of genomic technologies and large sets of genetic and genomic data.

JOB DESCRIPTION

We invite applications for a predoctoral student to join the Plant Synthetic Biology and Photosynthesis group led by Dr Ivan Reyna-Llorens at CRAG. Our group is interested in understanding the plasticity of different metabolic networks like C4 and CAM and to use this information to engineer novel photosynthetic pathways. To do so we are looking for a highly motivated PhD student that will incorporate synthetic biology and plant physiology techniques.

RESPONSIBILITIES
- Employ metabolomics to understand the induction and development of the C4-CAM pathway.
- Interpret data and draw meaningful conclusions to contribute to our understanding of plant metabolism.
- Conduct plant physiology experiments to investigate the physiological responses of plants to engineered metabolic pathways. Monitor plant growth, photosynthetic perform

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