We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join the research group of Dr Gabriele Sosso (https://sossogroup.uk and @SossoGroup) to work on a BBSRC-funded project titled:

“Understanding Ice Formation in Plants: finding new routes to freezing tolerance”

This is an ambitious, high-impact computational project that will develop in a synergistic fashion with our experimental collaborators, Dr Heather Knight and Dr Tim Hawking (University of Durham). Details are available at https://sossogroup.uk/understanding-ice-formation-in-plants-postdoc-position-now-available/.

In short, the research involves using (atomistic) classical molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the formation of ice through the plant's cell wall.

In particular, we seek to assess the impact of the extent of the cross-linking within the building blocks of the cell wall on the kinetics of ice growth.

Enhanced sampling techniques as well as coarse-grained approaches might also be involved at the later stages of the project.

This is a unique opportunity to work at boundaries between physical chemistry and biology, in a research group with a very prominent profile in the ice community and guided by the outstanding support of our experimental collaborators.

The application form can be found at: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CIE280/research-fellow-104291-0821. The deadline is September 12th. Informal enquiries are welcome and should be directed to Dr Gabriele Sosso at: [email protected].