Student Breeding Lab Assistant – Flexible Hours

Oterra; Taastrup; On-site; DKK 165,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Flexible hours

Career progression

Job summary

Oterra in Taastrup invites a bachelor’s or master’s student to join the Breeding team. You will work with plants, grow and cross them, perform chemical analyses, evaluate pigment content, and assist with extraction processes to test crops and breeding lines to develop food color prototypes.

Responsibilities include sowing in greenhouses, caring for plants, analyzing samples for pigment level and color shade, data handling, and teamwork in an international environment.

Qualifications

• The ideal candidate is a bachelor's or master's student at the start of their program and has some experience with lab work and analyses.
• Person should be responsible, hardworking, and a good team player in a dynamic, international environment.

Responsibilities

• Sow plants in greenhouses and fields.
• Take care of, evaluate and harvest plants and seeds.
• Analyze plant samples, including pigment measurement and color shade.
• Assist with pigment extraction to develop food color prototypes.
• Data handling and management.

Skills

Lab work experience

Analytical skills

Team player

Biology knowledge

Education

Bachelor's student

Master's student

Tools

Laboratory analyses

Job description

Oterra in Taastrup invites a bachelor’s or master’s student to join the Breeding team. You will work with plants, grow and cross them, perform chemical analyses, evaluate pigment content, and assist with extraction processes to test crops and breeding lines to develop food color prototypes.

Responsibilities include sowing in greenhouses, caring for plants, analyzing samples for pigment level and color shade, data handling, and teamwork in an international environment.