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The IPK is a non-profit research institution with around 500 employees and, as a foundation under public law, a member of the Leibniz Association. It is financed jointly by the federal government and the federal states. The IPK offers its employees an attractive working environment with good development opportunities, especially in the scientific field.

Even if there is currently no suitable position advertised, you are welcome to send us your initiative application. To do this, please send us your complete application documents (letter of motivation, CV, certificates) as one pdf-file and let us know your interests and research priorities.

The project

Late blight caused by Phytophtora infestans is the most important disease of potato. Without control, late blight leads to severe damage to foliage and tubers, which reduce yield. Its control can be achieve by chemical application or breeding resistant varieties. However, traditional methods of phenotyping of leaf blight in potato breeding is time, cost, and labor intensive.…

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The Plant Reproductive Biology laboratory is primarily working on the establishment and application of principles and methods of transgenesis and genome editing as well as the production of fully homozygous plants from haploid cells. The overarching objective of the research work is to contribute to improving the performance and product quality of crops. In a third-party funded research…

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In der Arbeitsgruppe „Quantitative Genetik“ erforschen wir omics-basierte Züchtungsstrategien, die es erlauben, den Selektionsgewinn in (Vor-)Zuchtprogrammen zu steigern. Neben unserer Modellkulturpflanze Weizen arbeiten wir mit Gerste, Erbse, Sojabohne, Kamille, Gartenbohne, Mais, Roggen, Arabidopsis, und Raps.

Ihre Aufgaben:

  • Ihre Aufgabe ist die Planung, Vorbereitung und…
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In der Arbeitsgruppe „Quantitative Genetik“ erforschen wir omics-basierte Züchtungsstrategien, die es erlauben, den Selektionsgewinn in (Vor-)Zuchtprogrammen zu steigern. Neben unserer Modellkulturpflanze Weizen arbeiten wir mit Gerste, Erbse, Sojabohne, Kamille, Gartenbohne, Mais, Roggen, Arabidopsis, und Raps.

Ihre Aufgaben:

  • Ihre Aufgabe ist die Vorbereitung und Durchführung…
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