The DFG Emmy Noether Research Group “Functional Plant Structure” at the IPK studies the mechanisms of barley stem growth and grain yield determination.

Your tasks:

• Morphological and anatomical analysis of stems in a diverse barley panel
• Planning, supervising and analyzing large-scale RNA-seq data
• Characterizing genes for barley stem growth and yield performance using GWAS and map-based cloning
• Presenting and publishing results in conferences and scientific journals

Your qualifications and skills:

• You have a PhD in plant biology, agricultural science or any related fields.
• You have a strong background in plant genetics and architectural development.
• You are familiar with plant tissue sectioning or microscopy (confocal, fluorescence, stereomicroscope).
• Basic knowledge of bioinformatic pipelines and workflows such as R and Linux are strong pluses.

You fit to us:

• if you have good writing and oral communication skills in English.
• if you can work both independently and as part of a team.
• if you are a highly motivated and creative person.

We offer you:

• an interesting research project.
• a friendly and productive working environment.
• the opportunity to work in a world-class research Centre with state-of-the-art facilities and scientists from all over the world.
• a full-time position with 40 hours per week starting on January1^st 2025 limited until 31.05.2027, with a possible extension for another 12 months subject to a positive funding commitment
• a gross salary up to 100% E13 TV-L.

For further information, please contact Dr. Yongyu Huang  Tel.: +49 39482 5-519.

What you need to know:

For us, your qualifications and strengths count. Therefore, everyone – independent from gender, origin, age, or possible disability – is welcome. The IPK is striving to increase the proportion of women in sectors where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages qualified women to apply. As an institution which has been awarded the Certificate for Career and Family (“berufundfamilie”), we offer family-friendly working conditions and flexible working hours. The IPK has set a goal to employ more people with disabilities. Qualified applicants with a disability will be given preference.

Your application:

We are looking forward to receive your online-application (letter of motivation, CV, certificates) as one single pdf document (http://www.ipk-gatersleben.de/en/job-offers/) until 27.11.2024. If you have questions or require more information, please do contact Kerstin Schweigert (jobs[at]ipk-gatersleben.de). Please indicate the reference number 72/10/24 in your correspondence. Please note that incomplete application documents cannot be considered. Foreign qualifications must carry out an equivalence test in Germany, which is subject to a fee. This must be presented in the event of later hiring: https://zab.kmk.org/en/statement-comparability