Postdoctoral Scientist - Plant Virology & Genome Editing

North Carolina State University; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Retirement and Leave

LEAD courses

Childcare

Wellness programs

Job summary

North Carolina State University is seeking a researcher to advance our work on plant-virus-vector interactions and crop improvement. The role focuses on optimizing virus delivery in maize using MMV vectors and requires skills in molecular biology and genome editing.

You will mentor junior lab members and contribute to grant writing while documenting progress and results. The position involves regular reporting, collaboration with a dynamic team, and a strong emphasis on experimental design and

Qualifications

• Generate infectious clones of plant viruses and/or produce gene expression constructs.
• Knowledge of genome editing approaches for crop improvement.
• Demonstrated experience with experimental design, statistical analysis, molecular biology, handling plant viruses/pathogens and/or insect viruses.
• Molecular biology skills: primer design, DNA/RNA handling, protein expression, Western blotting, qRT-PCR.

Responsibilities

• Develop weekly research reports for the PI and monthly reports to the funding agency.
• Contribute to proposal writing and disseminate research findings to the broader community.
• Maintain virus and insect colonies.
• Train and mentor other lab members.
• Optimize carrying capacity of the virus and construct full-length infectious clones of viruses and mutagenesis of regulatory regions.
• Generate infectious clones of plant viruses and/or gene expression experience; apply genome editing approaches for crop improvement.

Skills

Molecular biology

Genome editing

Experimental design

Statistical analysis

Virus handling

Job description

North Carolina State University is seeking a researcher to advance our work on plant-virus-vector interactions and crop improvement. The role focuses on optimizing virus delivery in maize using MMV vectors and requires skills in molecular biology and genome editing.

You will mentor junior lab members and contribute to grant writing while documenting progress and results. The position involves regular reporting, collaboration with a dynamic team, and a strong emphasis on experimental design and