A postdoctoral research opportunity is currently available with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Hard Winter Wheat Genetics Research Unit (HWWGRU) at the Center for Grain and Animal Health Research (CGAHR) located in Manhattan, Kansas (https://www.ars.usda.gov/plains-area/mhk/cgahr/). The research unit's laboratory is co-located on the Kansas State University campus.
Research Project: Under the guidance of the mentor, and in collaboration with other scientists in the research unit and at Kansas State University, the participant will conduct bioinformatic analysis using a range of methodologies to characterize introgression germplasm derived from the ancient ancestors of cultivated bread wheat. The participant will work toward identifying potentially useful variants for phenotypic characterization. The participant also will analyze genotypic and phenotypic data for publication in scientific journals.