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Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education · 12 hours ago

USDA-ARS Hemp Genetics Research Fellowship

Geneva, NY

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad

$41K/yr - $75K/yr

The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education is offering a research opportunity with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) focused on hemp genetics. Participants will explore genetic variation and investigate mechanisms underlying key agronomic and disease-related traits across multiple crop species, gaining hands-on experience in plant germplasm collections and analytical chemistry techniques.

Government Administration

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Participants will have the opportunity to explore genetic variation and investigate the mechanisms underlying key agronomic and disease-related traits across multiple crop species

Research will focus on hemp, onion, tomato, squash, apples, cherries, and grapes, with evaluations conducted in laboratory, greenhouse, and field environments

One project will investigate the collection and storage of hemp pollen

Throughout the project, participants will gain hands-on experience and foundational knowledge in USDA plant germplasm collections, plant phenomics and genomics, analytical chemistry techniques, and plant propagation and tissue culture techniques

Qualification

Plant phenomicsPlant genomicsAnalytical chemistryPlant propagationTissue culturePlantsBachelor's DegreeMaster's DegreeDoctoral Degree

Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, or Doctoral Degree received within the last 60 months or currently pursuing

Discipline(s): Life Health and Medical Sciences including Agricultural Sciences, Agriculture, Agronomy and Crop Science, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biology (General), Botany, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Developmental Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, including Genome Sciences, Horticulture, Microbiology, Plant Sciences

Must be 18 years of age