Master’s Position

Bachmair lab

Master’s Position

The group of Andreas Bachmair investigates posttranslational modifications in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. One focus of interest is protein turnover via amino-terminal degradation signals. Degradation triggered by the first amino acid of a protein is essential for plant responses to environmental stimuli such as flooding, or response to pathogens. Additional information can be found in the references below, and on the Bachmair lab web site.

Open since Sep 29, 2026

About the research project

Experimental approaches planned for the work:

Investigation of protein turnover in normal plants and in mutants with defects in components of the ubiquitin proteasome pathway. Changes in turnover by chemical compounds (inhibitors) shall also be monitored.
The activity of plant ubiquitin ligases BIG, PRT7 and others shall be reconstituted by expression in the budding yeast.
A fusion of BIG with biotinylation enzyme Turbo-ID shall be made via a knock-in approach.

Recent publications of the research group

Dambire C. et al., 2026, www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.10.705009v2.
Theodoulou F.L. et al., 2026, doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erag427.
Rudi O. et al., 2025, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2025.168939. PMID: 39799992.

Candidates

Successful candidates should

hold a (B. Sc.) degree in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry or a related field
have experience with standard molecular biology techniques
have interest in plant sciences

Application

Please provide a CV, information on progress in the Master module and a statement of interest
Send application to: andreas.bachmair@univie.ac.at
By October 25, 2026
Starting date can be November 2026 or later

Contact

Univ.-Prof. i.R. Dr. Andreas Bachmair – andreas.bachmair@univie.ac.at
Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna Rm. 5110, Dr. Bohr Gasse 9, A-1030 Wien
https://www.maxperutzlabs.ac.at/research/research-groups/bachmair

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