Job Summary
We are seeking a highly motivated researcher to join our team at Agroscope, the Swiss federal centre of excellence for research in the agriculture and food sector. The successful candidate will contribute to advancing trait discovery and underlying genes in wheat and soybean, developing innovative tools and strategies for integrating traits in breeding programmes, and taking responsibility for biotechnology and in-vitro cultures.
About You
* You have a PhD in genetics and plant breeding, genomics, plant biotechnology, or big data analysis.
* You have hands-on experience in biotechnology, genomics, bioinformatics, and molecular biology.
* You possess a national and international network within the research area.
* You have good leadership and communication skills, with an open-minded and performance-oriented personality and well-developed team working capabilities.
* You have proven experience in publishing in peer-reviewed publications.
* You have very good knowledge of two official Swiss languages and spoken and written English.
About Us
Agroscope is attached to the Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAER. We offer a dynamic and supportive work environment, with opportunities for professional growth and development. Our benefits include embracing diversity, staying healthy at work, and working for the public good.
About the Role
* Advancing trait discovery and underlying genes (using GWAS approaches) in wheat and soybean.
* Co-developing suitable and effective genotyping and genomic selection strategies and their implementation in wheat and soybean breeding programmes.
* Developing projects and tools designed to structure and exploit the natural diversity of the gene bank of wheat and spelt collections.
* Developing innovative tools and efficient strategies for the integration of traits in wheat and soybean breeding using marker-assisted back-crossing (MABC) and marker-assisted selection (MAS).
* Taking responsibility for biotechnology and in-vitro cultures to accelerate the fixing of lines using doubled haploid plant generation and speed breeding techniques.
* Implementation of non-transgenic genome editing methods to increase the genetic gain.
* Setting up scientific projects and partnerships, acquisition of external funding.
* Developing, planning, and implementing the various steps required to transfer activities from Nyon to Reckenholz (scheduled in 2026).