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Postdoctoral Research Associate - Plant Synthetic Biology
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- The Biosciences Division ( of ORNL has an opening for a plant biologist (Postdoctoral Research Associate, Plant Synthetic Biology) to work on plant biosystems design and genetic improvement of bioenergy crops.
- This research is supported by the Secure Ecosystem Engineering and Design Science Focus Area (SEED SFA) ( and the DOE Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI) (
- In this position, the postdoctoral researcher will work in close collaboration with a diverse team of scientists to perform the following research tasks: 1) Engineering of plant hosts for regulating associated microbes, 2) engineering of plant-based biosensors for detecting microbes, 3) multi-gene engineering in plants, and 4) new plant synthetic biology tool development.
- A PhD in plant biology, biotechnology, biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, or a related field completed within the last 5 years
- Expertise in molecular cloning (e.g., Gibson assembly, Golden Gate cloning)
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