Postdoc in Plant-microbe Interactions
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Conduct experiments using host plants and symbiotic microbes for ionomics, transcriptomics, laser dissection microscopy, and X-ray imaging to identify genotype x genotype effects of adaptive host microbe interactions.
- Cultivate plants and microbes using sterile techniques for genetic and imaging experiments.
- Sample preparation for RNA-seq, metabolomics and functional characterization of genes and pathways regulating plant metal homeostasis.
- Molecular analysis of candidate ion transporter genes.
- RT-PCR preparation and qPCR analysis, Sanger sequencing and basic sequence alignment/analysis.
- Using publicly available databases to identify sequence homology (i.e. BLAST, NCBI).
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Ph.D. in plant biology, molecular biology, genetics, evolutionary biology, biochemistry, or related field.
- Demonstrated knowledge in molecular, genetic and biochemical characterizations of genes and pathways.
- Experience in manuscript writing and demonstrated track record of publication of research in high quality peer-reviewed journals.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team-based research environment.
- Quantitative genetics and phenotype analysis.
- Analysis of genomics data, RNA-seq, Illumina, SNP calling.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Experience with mass spectrometry imaging and X-ray fluorescence imaging.
- Light microscopy and image analysis.
- Single cell RNA-seq.
- ICP-MS or similar mass spectrometry for ion analysis.
- Knowledge of plant physiology, metal homeostasis, biochemistry.
- Evolutionary or ecological genetics/genomics.
Other information:
- BNL policy requires that research associate appointments be made to individuals who have received their doctorate within the past five years.
- The initial appointment will be one year with annual renewal contingent upon satisfactory performance and continued funding.