Location: | Edinburgh |
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Salary: | £39,347 to £46,974 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 28th May 2024 |
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Closes: | 8th July 2024 |
Job Ref: | 10568 |
Fixed Term, 9 months
Full Time 35 hours per week
The Opportunity:
The Roslin Institute (Edinburgh) has been awarded an Impact Acceleration Award (IAA) with a global plant breeding company to further develop stability metrics for crop breeding programmes. We seek an independent and motivated Research Associate to drive this impactful project. The post-holder will conduct research and implementation of quantitative genetics, biometrics and breeding with a focus on state-of-the-art statistical models and tools for improving and developing more stable crop genotypes.
The Roslin Institute is a world-class centre for research on the quantitative genetics of populations, particularly in livestock, companion animals, aquaculture, forests, and crops.
This post is full-time (35 hours per week). The post-holder will work closely with Daniel Tolhurst and supported by Prof Gregor Gorjanc in the Highlander lab of The Roslin Institute (Quantitative Biology division) on the Easter Bush Campus in Edinburgh.
The post is for 9 months and comes with a travel budget for dissemination.
Informal enquiries should be addressed to Daniel Tolhurst (dtolhurs@ed.ac.uk) or Prof Gregor Gorjanc (gregor.gorjanc@roslin.ed.ac.uk).
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