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Research Geneticist
USDA Agricultural Research Service is currently recruiting for a Research Geneticist at Vegetable Crops Research : USDA ARS in Madison, WI.


Duties: 

  • Conduct GWAS, genomic prediction, and population genetic analyses with large genomic datasets and phenotypic information on economically important carrot traits with an emphasis on diseases and pests
  • Participate in a team that is developing an expanded carrot database to catalog genomic and phenotypic information of interest for researchers.
  • Support the application of genomic tools in breeding programs.


Experience: This position requires a recent Ph.D (within the last four years) in in genetics, bioinformatics, genomics, computational biology, plant breeding, or a related field of study that has equipped the applicant with the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties and responsibilities of the position.
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Education: Genetics, or a curriculum or pattern of training that placed major emphasis on genetics. Graduate study in related fields such as agronomy, horticulture, animal, dairy, or poultry husbandry, entomology, microbiology, plant pathology, chemistry, molecular and cellular biology, and physiology that involved cross-training in genetics is qualifying, provided it placed sufficient emphasis on genetics.
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A combination of education and experience as described above.
 

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