Postdoctoral Research Associate
Texas A&M University System•College Station, TX
•Onsite
About The Position
The Texas A&M University System is one of the largest systems of higher education in the nation, with a statewide network of twelve universities, eight state agencies, a comprehensive health science center, Texas A&M-Fort Worth and Texas A&M-RELLIS. The A&M System is committed to providing an educational and work environment that is conducive to the personal and professional development of each employee. Each member institution provides equal opportunity and access to all students, employees and prospective employees.
Requirements
- Ph.D. in Biology, Plant Biology, Horticulture, Biochemistry or closely related field.
- Ability to stand/sit at work bench for extended periods of time.
- Ability to travel for field experiments for several days
- Ability to work in greenhouse
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to effectively use personal computer to communicate, prepare proposals to include cost information on spread sheets as applicable and provide reports of activities
- Ability to effectively communicate with faculty, students and staff
- Familiarity with appropriate laboratory and technical equipment
- Ability to multi task and work cooperatively with others
- Ability to analyze data and write reports
- Detail oriented with ability to organize tasks and prioritize work with minimal supervision
Nice To Haves
- Familiar with good laboratory practice principles of biological containment.
- Skills in research in molecular biology techniques
- Skills in manuscript writing
- Ability to perform various molecular biology and genetic techniques
Responsibilities
- Conduct research activities on molecular biology of plant-microbe interactions.
- Perform designing synthetic DNA constructs, gene expression and protein- protein interaction analyses, agrobacterium transformation, gene silencing; and other molecular biology analyses.
- May assist and supervise graduate and undergraduate students.
- Cloning molecular biology
- Plant bioassay
- Record and analyze data/results
- Report research through regular oral presentations and published in a timely manner in refereed journals; assist with research grant project reports; and keep abreast of all current literature on subject matter, etc.
- Assist in grant writing and contribute to future research proposals.
- Supervise undergraduate
- Performs other duties as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
