Postdoctoral Researchers in Banana Breeding, Pan-Genome Analysis, and Functional Trait Analysis Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences in China

Hiring announcement for 2 Postdoctoral Fellows and Joint PhD candidates in crop genomics at the Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS-AGIS) , working in Dr. Yongfu Tao’s Lab . The lab focuses on wheat and sorghum genomics & breeding , using population genomics , GWAS , and multi-omics to study the genetic basis of yield and stress resilience for precision breeding. Unique germplasm resources include the Watkins wheat collection and global wil...

PhD positions are available at Shenzhen University in the research group of Dr. Xinxu Zhang . The group is recruiting two PhD students for research spanning microbiology , immunology , bioinformatics , aquaculture , and environmental science . Research directions include the mechanisms of deep-sea microorganisms in carbon and nitrogen biogeochemical cycles, immune interactions between aquatic invertebrates and their microbiomes, and the isolation/cultivation of novel archaea and bacteria with de...

Postdoctoral Research Associate opportunity in oat rust genetics at the University of Sydney , Australia. The role sits in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences within the Faculty of Science and is based at the Camden Campus in Cobbitty, New South Wales. The research program focuses on oat crown rust resistance , plant genetics , genomics , bioinformatics , and plant pathology . The successful candidate will join an externally funded ARC Linkage Project aimed at reducing the impact of cr...

PhD opportunity at North Dakota State University in the PulseSmart Innovation Lab for a student interested in plant breeding , pulse crops , quantitative genetics , genomics , bioinformatics , and data science . The project is an applied breeding program focused on improving field pea , chickpea , and lentil cultivars for North Dakota and the U.S. Northern Plains. Research may include regional adaptation, yield stability, maturity, standability, harvestability, root-disease resistance, resilienc...

Colorado State University is advertising a PhD Graduate Research Assistant position in weed ecology and soil health within the Weed Research Lab and the Department of Agricultural Biology. The project is supported by a Western SARE Research and Education Grant and focuses on evaluating annual living mulches as a sustainable weed-management strategy in vegetable production systems. The student will study how living mulches suppress weeds through physical competition and possible allelopathic effe...