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Post-doctoral Fellow Crop Molecular Biology and Genomics
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Post-doctoral Fellow Crop Molecular Biology and GenomicsAgency
Texas A&M Agrilife ResearchDepartment
Institute for Advancing Health through Agriculture-Project ManagementProposed Minimum Salary
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Responsibilities:
- In consultation with the PI, design and execute experiments in plant and microbial genomics.
- Plant growth, microbe culturing using sterile techniques.
- Identify molecular compounds that comprise phytonutrients using metabolomics, ionomics, and plant genomics.
- Perform statistical analysis of research experiments and results.
- Supervise and provide training to junior- and mid-level technical support staff, graduate students, and/or undergraduate students.
- Lead the writing of research-based publications.
- Follow appropriate laboratory safety procedures for handling, disposing of and keeping inventory of hazardous chemicals.
- Assist in coordinating lab inventory and equipment.
Preferred experience (but not required):
- Experience growing any of the following crop plants such as rice, maize, sorghum or wheat, and conducting experiments in greenhouses and growth chambers.
- Ability to prepare samples for next-generation sequencing (NGS) including extracting and purifying RNA, DNA, and possible rRNA cleanup.
- Ability to work with basic command line NGS pipelines for mapping DNA or RNA Illumina reads to a reference genome and conduct SNP analysis or differential expression analysis.
- Experience installing command line software.
- Sample preparation and experience running instruments for metabolomics or ionomics (eg. ICP-MS) or willingness to learn.
Required Education:
- A PhD degree in plant biology, biochemistry, genetics, microbiology, or other closely related fields.
All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.
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