Opportunities to work in Rust Lab

Researchers, graduate students, and undergraduate students interested in joining our research group as Postdoc, Graduate student, undergraduate researcher, or intern are encouraged to contact Dr. Upinder Gill. We have exciting opportunities in our ongoing projects on wheat rusts and dry bean rust genetics, genomics, and plant-microbe interactions.

Postdoc position to work on biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in cereals

The Department of Plant Pathology at North Dakota State University is seeking a postdoctoral research associate to conduct research in biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in cereals and their wild relatives. The project focuses on understanding the genetic mechanisms of stress tolerance in cereals using genetics, genomics, and molecular biology tools coupled with phenotyping of abiotic and biotic stress traits. To meet the project goals, the research will involve, but is not limited to, phenotyping segregating plant populations for various cereal diseases and abiotic traits under field and greenhouse conditions, identify genes involved in stress tolerance using genetic mapping and genome-wide association studies, functionally characterize identified genes(s), conduct transcriptomics/genomics experiments, use bioinformatics/genetics/statistics tools for data analysis, present research findings to collaborators and at national/international conferences, and prepare project reports and manuscripts for journals.

The successful candidate will have experience in: conducting biotic and abiotic stress tolerance research; phenotyping plants in the field/greenhouse for disease reaction and/or abiotic stress (drought, heat, etc.); and handling and analyzing genomics data, molecular characterization of genes, etc. The postdoc will communicate research findings with project investigators Dr. Upinder Gill and Dr. Rajeev Gupta on a regular basis. In addition, the postdoc is expected to work closely with graduate students in the lab. The postdoc must also be able to communicate effectively both verbally and written.

More details and application info at: Careers (ndus.edu)