Trait Discovery Manager
at Confidential
in
College Station,
Texas
Posted in Other 12 days ago.
Type: full-time
Job Description:
Job Responsibilities
- Develop and coordinate discovery projects for innovative traits for plant breeders.
- Plan and conduct Discovery projects to identify and develop marker-trait associations.
- Collaborate with internal and external entities on trait discovery projects.
- Actively participate with other areas on Molecular breeding pipelines.
- Actively participate on discovery projects with other functions.
Required And Desired Skills
- A PhD. degree in Molecular Biology, Plant Genetics, or related fields.
- Hands on experience in molecular biology techniques such as Gene Editing, transformation and tissue culture is preferred.
- Knowledge on high throughput genotyping such as KASP/TaqMan is preferred.
- Good understanding on Plant genomics.
- 3+ years of experience in the industry is highly desirable.
- Proactive, self-motivated and self-driven person with high accountability.
- Team player with excellent interpersonal and communication and managerial skills