Institution
VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology/Ghent University
Location
Ghent, Belgium

Description
A position is available in the plant single cell platform embedded in the De Rybel Lab at the VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology (PSB), Ghent, Belgium. The candidate will strengthen and coordinate our platform to provide single cell applications to internal users at VIB/Ghent University and external collaborators. The candidate will also lead technology development in the area of plant single cell omics, and will be responsible to regularly communicate and present the scientific developments with industrial partners via our Plant Single cell Accelerator program.

Qualifications

• You are excellent at communication, reporting, and organisation.
• You have an MSc degree in plant biology or you recently obtained a PhD degree.
• You are eager to write small grant applications and invest in technology development.
• You are social and communicative and enjoy working in a dynamic team.
• You enjoy working with both academic and industrial partners or see this as a fun challenge.
• Experience and/or a key interest in plant single cell applications is required.

Please contact Bert De Rybel ([email protected]) for more information.

Institution
Cornell University
Location
Ithaca, NY, USA

Description
The Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS) is an NSF Science and Technology Center that is administered under the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Innovation. CROPPS has a mission to develop new technologies that can be used to create a two-way communication system with plants and their associated organisms for the benefit of scientific research, industry and agriculture.  Alongside research, CROPPS pursues related and complementary initiatives in education, public communication, and diversity, equity and inclusion. CROPPS aims to create an inclusive environment for productive collaboration across disciplines, titles (faculty, students, and staff), and personal identities.

CROPPS seeks a DEI Specialist who will report to both the CROPPS Managing Director and the Associate Director for Diversity & Inclusion, working closely with the rest of the CROPPS leadership. The CROPPS DEI Specialist will partner with the Associate Director to plan, coordinate, execute, and document initiatives for growing diversity in the graduate student, undergraduate student, postdoctoral and faculty populations participating in CROPPS. The CROPPS Diversity Specialist will manage and track day-to-day outreach, recruitment, and retention efforts. They will communicate with CROPPS partner institutions’ offices of student disability, diversity and inclusion, and counseling services (or equivalent) to ensure that all necessary accommodations are made to provide equal opportunities and resources to CROPPS students. They will coordinate visits, events, and activities that support the development of long-term relationships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs). They will serve as a resource linking CROPPS participants with groups and programs that support informal and formal professional mentorship training for undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and faculty. Finally, they will compile materials and write content for the NSF annual report and for evaluation by advisory groups.

Qualifications
Individuals considering this position should have a bachelor’s degree and 3 to 5 years relevant experience or equivalent combination.  Individual must be a strong communicator; someone who can perform independently; and they must be a skilled team collaborator.  It is required the individual be able to communicate with and serve a diverse population of individuals spread across multiple states. The individual must be adaptable, flexible, and service-oriented, work well under pressure, and maintain an attention to detail at all times.  They must possess the capacity to maintain confidentiality of staff and student sensitive data.  Some background and prior experience in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion issues.

Institution
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Location
Saint Louis, MO, USA

Description
The laboratory of Dr. Christopher Topp at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is a plant root phenomics lab, innovating uses of 3D imaging modalities to investigate roots and their environment. We are seeking someone interested in plant biology and image analysis to help process and measure digitized plant samples using both external and internal analysis tools.

This involves maintaining a robust computational infrastructureincluding dedicated workstations, storage and processing servers, virtual machines, internal code bases, third-party software licenses, VR systems, cloud storage, databases, resource provisioning, development environments, and data management. This plays a key role in cutting-edge research and analytics to solve problems in agricultural sustainability. The role allows for creativity and autonomy in the design and development of tools and procedures. The successful candidate will be organized, independent, creative, have strong communication skills, desire to learn, and work with outstanding collaborative capability.

Qualifications

• B.Sc. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or similar degree
• Strong understanding or exposure to Linux operating systems and familiarity with tools used to manage packages (dnf/yum/apt), compiling from source (i.e., Makefile), and routine system maintenance and troubleshooting
• Strong proficiency with Python and its ecosystem, including data science and scientific computing
• Strong proficiency in C/C++ (Exposure Go is acceptable)
• Familiar with relational databases (SQL)
• Familiar with version control systems (Git) and GitHub
• Comfortable working with custom file formats, both binary and plan text formats