Postdoctoral position in Plant Genetics (3-years) 1305 views

The Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research is offering a 3-years postdoctoral position in Plant Genetics in the group of Raphael Mercier, Department of Chromosome Biology.

About the Project:

• Meiotic recombination shapes genetic diversity and is critical to evolution. Yet, very little is known on how recombination varies in the wild and how this variation is controlled.
• The development of ever more powerful sequencing technologies and computational methods offers novel opportunities to study and understand the variation of recombination rates.
• The work will include genetic experiments and the establishment of computational methods to study the natural diversity of recombination in Arabidopsis.

Qualifications:

• Applicant must be highly motivated holding PhD degree in Biology, preferably with a specialization in plant (quantitative) genetics, breeding and/or genomics.
• Prior experience in genetics and high-throughput data analysis is required.
• Experiences in scientific coding (e.g. using perl or python) would be a plus.
• Good oral and writing skills in English are essential.

Applications:

• Applications with following documents to be sent to application-mercier@mpipz.mpg.de:
• CV including a full list of publications
• Names of two referees
• Motivation letter