Postdoctoral Scholar-Fixed Term

Job description

Position Summary The Michigan State University Department of Energy Plant Reseach Lab (MSU DOE-PRL) for a Postdoctoral Associate in research on plant endomembranes July 1, 2026. The postdoctoral associate will work under the guidance of Professor Federica Brandizzi, Hannah Distinguished Professor. The Brandizzi laboratory addresses fundamental questions in plant endomembrane biology, with a focus on how secretory organelles establish and maintain their function and morphology during growth and stress. These studies aim to enable the translation of fundamental discoveries to crop improvement. The position will be based at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. The primary responsibility of this position is to conduct research on the biology of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) using multidisciplinary approaches, including proteomics, biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, genomics, and advanced live-cell imaging. Our research focuses on identifying and characterizing proteins required for ER functional homeostasis. In particular, we study the unfolded protein response (UPR), a conserved signaling pathway activated by the accumulation of misfolded proteins in the ER...