Senior Plant Pathology Scientist: Disease-Resistance

Syngenta; Durham (NC); In loco; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Tempo pieno

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Full Benefits

401k Plan

Profit Sharing

Vacation & Holidays

Education Assistance

Descrizione del lavoro

Syngenta Seeds Field Crops in the United States is seeking a senior plant pathology researcher to drive discovery and deployment of disease-resistance traits. You will establish high-throughput bioassays and work across Seeds and Crop Protection to translate discoveries into durable, field-ready solutions.

You’ll design nematode experiments, interpret host-pathogen interactions, and lead cross-functional collaborations to improve crop resistance.

Competenze

• Ph.D. or equivalent in plant pathology, nematology, genetics, genomics or related field, and 4+ years professional experience working in improving crop resistance against plant parasitic nematodes.
• Excellent knowledge of molecular immunity and crop genetics
• Strong scientific acumen, self-motivated and striving for continuous improvement
• Strong sense of ownership in a team environment
• Recognized experts in plant pathology and nematology demonstrated by peer reviewed journals.
• Solid hands-on experience of working with diverse pathogens including plant parasitic nematodes
• Disciplined and rigorous approach to hypothesis-driven research, process improvement and change management
• Innovative and critical mind-sets with solid knowledge and skills in order to improve and challenge established ways of working

Mansioni

• Design and implement experiments to evaluate lead performance against key diseases including soybean cyst nematode from collecting inoculum, culture inoculum at appropriate scales, inoculation and disease susceptible/tolerance/resistance ratings in lab and GH environments.
• Innovate in new trait discovery and design to tackle business critical disease targets
• Develop correlations of disease susceptible/tolerance/resistance ratings in different environments as required by project.
• Create and test hypothesis and make recommendations as crop pathology experts
• Be the focal point of creating, internalizing and implementing plant pathology techniques and knowledge that enable the organization to meet the needs of the growers
• Seek out, identify, communicate and encourage examples of best practice from internal and external sources of information

Conoscenze

Molecular immunity knowledge

Crop genetics expertise

Hypothesis-driven research

Nematology experience

Ownership in team environment

Peer-reviewed publications

Cross-functional collaboration

Formazione

Ph.D. or equivalent in plant pathology

Descrizione del lavoro

Syngenta Seeds Field Crops in the United States is seeking a senior plant pathology researcher to drive discovery and deployment of disease-resistance traits. You will establish high-throughput bioassays and work across Seeds and Crop Protection to translate discoveries into durable, field-ready solutions.

You’ll design nematode experiments, interpret host-pathogen interactions, and lead cross-functional collaborations to improve crop resistance.