Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung UFZ
Place of work
Halle (Saale)Working time
Working time: 100%Contract limitations
limited contract / limited for 36 monthsSalary
Remuneration according to the TVöD public-sector up to pay grade 13 including attractive public-sector social security benefits.Contact
Your contact for any questions you may have about the job:
Prof. Dr. Doris Vetterlein
Speaker SPP 2089 - Rhizosphere Spatiotemporal Organisation
Soil-Plant Interaction
Department Soil System Science
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4
06120 Halle/Saale
Tel. 0341/ 6025 4460
e-mail doris.vetterlein[at]ufz.de
The UFZ
The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) with its 1,100 employees has gained an excellent reputation as an international competence centre for environmental sciences. We are part of the largest scientific organisation in Germany, the Helmholtz association. Our mission: Our research seeks to find a balance between social development and the long-term protection of our natural resources.
The job
Within the EU Project “Root2Resillience: Root phenotyping and genetic improvement for rotational crops resilient to environmental change” we are seeking for a motivated scientist (m/f) to support the work in work package 5 “In-depth traits assessment and understanding of plasticity”. The overarching goal of Root2Res is to deliver a package of solutions to enhance the resilience of rotational cropping system by considering relevant root traits with respect to the impact of climate change. Innovations will include phenotyping, genetic and modelling tools that will help breeders evaluate, in field and controlled conditions, novel and existing genotypes of a range of crops (Cereals, Potatoes, Legumes) as root ideotypes for different soil and climatic environments across Europe.
The environments targeted include those predicted to suffer from the largest impact of climate change on yield in Europe. Resilience to stress will focus on greater variation in water availability and interactions with other stresses. Traits to be assessed will focus on exploration, exploitation and rhizosphere microbiome related traits integrated in an extended phenotype.
Anticipated start of the position is 1st of September 2024
Your tasks
Designing, conducting and interpreting controlled condition experiments which enable the determination of different root traits and their plasticity, in particular :
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Application deadline: 28.07.2024
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