Postdoctoral Associate. Plant and pathogen molecular biologist

Job Title Job Category FieldOfStudy Job Details Job Requirements Job Materials Pay Scale Closing Date Closing Date Detail Company Organization Type City Location Region State/Province Country/Region Organization Description Web Page Contact Address 1 Contact Address 2 Contact City Contact Email Contact Fax Contact First Name Contact Last Name Contact Phone Contact State Contact Zip Contact Country Contact Organization Location Preference End Date Approval Status Attachments Content Type: APSJobOpenings Created at by Last modified at by Use this page to add attachments to an item. Name     Close Job Number 534 Job Title Postdoctoral Associate. Plant and pathogen molecular biologist Job Category Postdoc Field Of Study Molecular Biology Job Details Pennsylvania State University and Oregon State University A postdoctoral position is open to work with an interdisciplinary and multi-institutional project that is exploring novel strategies to engineer fungal and oomycete resistance into crop plants including Theobroma cacao and soybean. The appointee will conduct research to create candidate disease resistance genes and test these in transient and transgenic cells/plants for activity against a number of different oomycete and fungal pathogens. The successful candidate will work for one year at Penn State University, University Park, PA under the advisorship of Drs. Mark Guiltinan and Siela Maximova and for the second year will conduct additional research at Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR with Dr. Brett Tyler. The position will be renewed on a yearly basis but is funded for at least two years. Experience in molecular biology required. Experience in plant, fungal or oomycete molecular biology, cell biology, plant pathogen interactions and gene expression analysis is preferred. Salary will be commensurate with experience. Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree completed by the start date. Job Requirements Experience in plant, fungal or oomycete molecular biology, cell biology, plant pathogen interactions and gene expression analysis is preferred. Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree completed by the start date. Job Materials Applications for this position MUST be submitted both to Penn State University AND to Oregon State University. To apply to Penn State, send submit your application by email to Dr. Mark Guiltinan (mjg9@psu.edu). Include cover letter, a statement of research experience and interests, and a current CV including pending publications and contact information for three references. Employment at Penn State will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies. Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity and the diversity of its workforce. To apply to Oregon State University visit http://oregonstate.edu/jobs, Posting #0009871. Closing date for both applications is 11/30/12. Include a cover letter, a statement of research experience and interests, a current CV including pending publications, and contact information for three references. For information regarding this position, please contact Mark Guiltinan (mjg9@psu.edu) or Brett Tyler (brett.tyler@oregonstate.edu). Oregon State University is an equal opportunity employer. Pay Scale Salary will be commensurate with experience. Closing Date 11/30/2012 Closing Date Detail Date is not adjustable Company Oregon State University Organization Type Academic City Corvallis Location Region West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY) State/Province Oregon Country/Region USA Organization Description Web Page Oregon State University website Contact Organization Contact First Name Jeannine Contact Last Name Cropley Contact Address 1 Center for Genome Research & Biocomputing Contact Address 2 3021 Ag & Life Sciences Contact City Corvallis Contact State OR Contact Zip 97331-7303 Contact Country Contact Email jeannine.cropley@cgrb.oregonstate.edu Contact Fax Contact Phone 541-737-3347 Attachment Close