Senior specialist in plant phenomics, biometry and imaging software development

The Director of the Institute of Plant Genetics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPG PAS), Poznan, POLAND – prof. Bogdan WOLKO announces an open competition for a full-time position of SENIOR RESEARCHER (R3) at the Department of Integrative Plant Biology.

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic specialist in plant phenomics, biometry and imaging software development willing to join the international integrative plant biology team created at the Institute of Plant Genetics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Poznan) as a part of the FP7-ERA Chairs EU funded BIO-TALENT project. The candidate should have a strong background in computer science, image analysis and plant growth modelling.

Description

The selected person should be able to communicate and share the ideas and practical solutions with specialists on bioinformatics and plant molecular and developmental biology in order to develop and implement innovative software solutions for plant growth imaging as well as building new molecular/cellular-based interaction models. The main focus of work should be development and use of cutting-edge imaging solutions having potential for application in analysis of growth changes in crop plants subjected to certain environmental factors or artificially-driven changes in anatomical/physiological mechanisms regulating final plant form.
The successful candidate who will join this group will establish interdisciplinary research program focused on the development of new plant imaging software and imaging techniques as well as generation of growth models useful for the engineering of new growth patterns and anatomical/physiological features increasing tolerance to environmental and biotic factors in economically important plants.

The successful candidate is expected to develop his own research as well as cooperate with other BIO-TALENT team members. The BIO-TALENT team will consist of 3 experienced researchers (including the ERA Chair holder) specialised in different areas of science:
- Molecular and cellular aspects of plant development [ERA Chair holder]
- Large scale transcriptomics, reverse genetics and data analysis specialist [SENIOR1]
- Phenomics and plant imaging specialist [SENIOR 2]
- Bioinformatics [SENIOR POST-DOC]

Due to the international character of the team a good English language skill is required and generation of collaborative research at the Institute and international levels is expected. Organisational skills and experience in managing projects are essential.

Obligations:
According to the BIO-TALENT Project approved by the European Commission, the SENIOR RESEARCHER is obliged to:
- write grant proposals to perform regular research,
- participate in 20 lectures, 6 one-day workshops, 2 summer schools (two days each) organised within the project,

Nr of positions available : 1

Research Fields

Biological sciences - Other
Computer science - Other

Career Stage

More Experienced researcher or >10 yrs (Senior)

Research Profiles

Established Researcher (R3)

Benefits

Employment at the IPG PAS will be in the form of a temporary full-time job contract, and the payment will include insurance and health care, in agreement with the rules of Polish legislation.