Forschung und Entwicklung

Wissenschaftliche MA/Promotion

15.10.2025

17.09.2025 (noch 24 Tage)

Deutschland

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Your tasks:

+ You work with elite × crop wild relative crosses to develop pre-breeding material that bridges research and applied breeding.
+ You analyze experimental field data from breeding populations to investigate the genetic basis of traits such as visual anther extrusion, heading date, plant height, and grain yield.
+ You process genotypic data, ensure its alignment with phenotypic data, and conduct association analyses to identify informative marker–trait relationships.
+ You curate data in accordance with FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) and integrate it with existing datasets of similar scope.

Your qualifications and skills:

+ You hold a MSc in plant science, plant breeding, biology, or a related quantitative field with a focus on biology.
+ You have hands-on experience in crop genomics and managing genotyping data.
+ You bring first experience with biostatistics methods, e.g. with mixed-models.
+ You are familiar with data analysis using programming languages like R, and/or Python.
+ You have excellent communication skills and a willingness to collaborate across disciplines.

Your application:

We are looking forward to receiving your online-application as one single pdf-file (http://www.ipk-gatersleben.de/en/job-offers/) by 17.09.2025. If you have questions or require more information, please contact Kerstin Schweigert (jobs@ipk-gatersleben.de) Please indicate the reference number 54/08/25 in your correspondence. Foreign qualifications must carry out an equivalence test in Germany, which is subject to a fee. This must be presented in the event of later hiring: https://zab.kmk.org/en/statement-comparability