This is the same position that was circulated last fall. The team is looking to expand the applicant pool.
Summary
The successful applicant will be co-supervised by Dr. Dongying Gao, USDA-ARS Small Grains and Potato Germplasm Research Unit (SGPGR) in Aberdeen, Idaho and Dr. Doreen Ware at the USDA-ARS, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), New York. The incumbent work location will be Cold Spring Harbor, NY and travel will be required to Aberdeen, ID. The incumbent will collaborate with scientists at both locations with knowledge of barley germplasm, breeding, pathology, and bioinformatics. The postdoc research will focus on comparative genomics and regulatory architecture in grasses, with a focus on barley genetics, and pre-breeding projects, links to cold tolerance, grain quality and disease resistance.
Responsibility
• Publish manuscripts and present research at scientific conferences on the activities performed
• Develop reference genome assemblies and annotations for wild relatives and barley accessions
• Conduct comparative analyses with a focus on barley, wild relatives and other plant species
• Assist in the analyses and interpretation of transcriptomic and epigenomic data in barley its relatives, and other grass crop species
• Develop a deeper understanding of gene networks associated cold tolerance, grain quality and disease resistance • Help research experiments in field and greenhouse either in Aberdeen or CSHL
• Support access to barley genomics data in Gramene and other public databases, and provide training to the barley community
Qualifications
Applicants should have or be near to completion of a Ph.D in Plant Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Biology, or other related areas and have the experiences and expertise to analyze high-throughput data sets including short- and long-read genomic and transcriptomic data, sRNA and DNA methylation data, and develop or apply new software for data mining. The incumbent should be familiar with Linux and R and have programming skills with Perl, Python or other programming languages. The incumbent needs to have experience with analyzing genomic data sets.
Salary: Starting at $85,236 Per Year.
Appointment Length: The appointment will initially be for one year but can be renewed for three years based on the performance and the availability of funds.
Contact
For further information, contact Dr. Dongying Gao at dongying.gao@usda.gov and Dr. Doreen Ware at doreen.ware@usda.gov. Applications should include a cover letter, a CV, and three references. References will only be contacted if you give permission. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.