PhD: Epialleles Shaping Heritable Variation in Plants

KNAW (Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen); Wageningen; On-site; EUR 36,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training opportunities

Graduate school membership

Job summary

NIOO-KNAW in Wageningen invites applications for a PhD project examining epialleles and their role in heritable variation in wild plants. You will study a diverse dandelion lineage to separate genetic and epigenetic influences on gene expression and explore environmental effects on epiallele origin.

The project combines high-resolution genomic and epigenomic analyses with gene expression profiling, and includes supervision of BSc/MSc students, writing, and dissemination at international venues.

Qualifications

• Successfully completed MSc in a related field.
• Excellent data analysis skills for bioinformatics and statistics.
• Experience in next generation DNA sequence analysis, preferably long-read data.
• Good command of written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Oversee DNA methylation, SNP and structural variation analyses across accessions.
• Perform differential gene expression analyses.
• Conduct bioinformatic and statistical interpretation of genetic and methylation variation.
• Assist in greenhouse work for phenotypic analyses.
• Coordinate with collaborating groups and supervise students.
• Publish results and present at conferences and in the PhD thesis.

Skills

Data analysis

Genomics

Bioinformatics

English proficiency

Mentoring students

Education

MSc in plant sciences

MSc in bioinformatics

Tools

ONT sequencing

Job description

NIOO-KNAW in Wageningen invites applications for a PhD project examining epialleles and their role in heritable variation in wild plants. You will study a diverse dandelion lineage to separate genetic and epigenetic influences on gene expression and explore environmental effects on epiallele origin.

The project combines high-resolution genomic and epigenomic analyses with gene expression profiling, and includes supervision of BSc/MSc students, writing, and dissemination at international venues.