Position Announcements

2022-01-17

Molecular Biologist/Plant Pathologist // 6 February 2022

Forest Research (FR), the research agency of the UK Forestry Commission, is seeking to appoint a Molecular Biologist/Plant Pathologist on a Fixed Term Appointment for 27 months. The project the successful candidate will take on is beetle transmission and vectoring of bacteria in Acute Oak Decline (AOD). It requires excellent bacteriological and bioinformatic skills, the ability to work with live beetles as well as the ability to build on existing data through: experiment planning and execution, bacterial isolation and identification, beetle rearing and dissection, data collection and analysis, scientific publication/report writing and presentation. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the above as well as laboratory and management skills, quality assurance, strong, integrated teamwork and the ability to help colleagues with bioinformatic analyses.

Institution:  Forest Research (FR) / Forestry Commission
Duty Station:  Alice Holt Research Station, Farnham, Surrey, UK
Reference number: 179852
Closing Date:  6 February 2022, 23:55

Details:  document for download

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