Department: Agricultural Sciences
Duties: The research will aim to study the biological role of some secondary metabolites, as tryptamine and serotonin, which are; synthetised in the cells of some plant species. The MicroTom tomato model species will be utilised. In particular, the role; of these compounds in the response to biotic and abiotic stress and their effect on endophytic communities will be; studied from a physiological, molecular and metabolomic point of view, through the use of 'knock out'mutants for the; various enzymes of their pathway biosynthetic
Requirements: Early stage researcher or 0-4 yrs (Post graduate)