Postdoc: Activated Food Bioactives in Rice

Zintellect; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

USDA Agricultural Research Service in New Orleans is offering a research fellowship focused on nutritional benefits of rice and bioactive compounds. You will conduct analyses of plant extracts, work with UPLC-MS and HPLC, and contribute to sub-objective 1.3 on activated food products for healthier human diets.

Mentors are available for inquiries and the appointment length is one year with renewal potential. The program is administered by ORAU/ORISE; citizenship to the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Induce phytoalexins and other bioactive compounds in rice, soybean, and sugarcane.
• Identify phytoalexins in plant extracts using UPLC-MS.
• Isolate individual compounds for in vitro cell biology studies.

Skills

HPLC operation

UPLC-MS analysis

plant extract analysis

bioactive compounds research

Tools

HPLC

UPLC-MS

Job description

USDA Agricultural Research Service in New Orleans is offering a research fellowship focused on nutritional benefits of rice and bioactive compounds. You will conduct analyses of plant extracts, work with UPLC-MS and HPLC, and contribute to sub-objective 1.3 on activated food products for healthier human diets.

Mentors are available for inquiries and the appointment length is one year with renewal potential. The program is administered by ORAU/ORISE; citizenship to the U.S.