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Postdoc Researcher

Company: CRAG

Location: Bellaterra, London

Posted: June 04, 2026

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The Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) is looking for a Postdoc Researcher to join the Synthetic Biology and Photosynthesis group led by Ivan Reyna-Llorens.


The candidate will be in charge of:


  • Designing and executing molecular and synthetic biology strategies to identify and functionally characterize genes involved in plant regeneration, including cloning, construct assembly and gene expression analysis.

  • Developing and implementing transformation pipelines (e.g. Agrobacterium-mediated assays) and synthetic biology platforms to test candidate regulators of regeneration in Portulaca and model species.

  • Contributing to transcriptomic and phenotypic analysis of regenerating tissues, including sample preparation, data interpretation and integration with developmental datasets.

  • The tasks are included within the framework of the project Consolidación Investigadora 2025-HYDRA (Harnessing Synthet...