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Ph.D. position in algal biotechnology || Leipzig University, Faculty of Life Sciences, Institute of Biology, Plant Physiology group of Prof. Severin Sasso, Leipzig, Germany

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 Ph.D. position in algal biotechnology PhD position - 3 years (m/f/d) Algal biotechnology Leipzig University, Faculty of Life Sciences, Institute of Biology, Plant Physiology group of Prof. Severin Sasso, Leipzig, Germany Start: 1 July 2024 Deadline: 7 May 2024 The Plant Physiology group at the Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, offers a Ph.D. position (Promotionsstelle) starting from 1 July 2024, subject to formal funding approval. Activities and responsibilities The unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii secretes substantial amounts of glycolate under photorespiratory conditions (Taubert et al., Plant Biotechnol. J. 17, 1538-1546 (2019)). As glycolate is an important industrial chemical, its production in a photosynthetic microorganism opens up the long-term potential to establish a biotechnological industry based on renewable resources. The aim of a new third-party-funded project is to improve glycolate secretion. For this purpose, we want to use physical mutagenesis (e.

Scientist of the Week Prof M.S. Balakrishnan (1917-1990) Indian Phycologist | Prominent Algologists around the World

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M.S. Balakrishnan (1917-1990) (Courtesy: B.B.Chaugule: in Seaweed Research and Utilization 13(1), July 1990) Prof. Balakrishnan was born on 10th February 1917 at Madras. His parents were both active in the struggle for national freedom. His father gave up a good position in Government service to join the civil disobedience movement. His mother was an austere person, a Gandhian, and an eminent writer in Tamil. Prof. Balakrishnan had his education in Madras and took his B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Botany from Presidency College, Madras. He later joined the University Botany Laboratory, Chepauk, Madras to work for his M.Sc. degree under the guidance of the late Prof. M.O.P.Iyengar, Father of Indian Algology. After taking his M.Sc. degree, he joined the Department of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India as a sub-editor. Soon the academically bent Prof. Balakrishnan left this job and took up a Research Fellowship at the Agricultural College and Research Institute, Coimbatore. Afte

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