Job Title

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Agency

Texas A&M Agrilife Research

Department

Biochemistry & Biophysics

Proposed Minimum Salary

Commensurate

Job Location

College Station, Texas

Job Type

Staff

Job Description

About Texas A&M AgriLife

Texas A&M AgriLife is comprised of the following Texas A&M University System members:

• Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
• Texas A&M AgriLife Research
• College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University
• Texas A&M Forest Service
• Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory

As the nation’s largest most comprehensive agriculture program, Texas A&M AgriLife brings together a college and four state agencies focused on agriculture and life sciences within The Texas A&M University System. With over 5,000 employees and a presence in every county across the state, Texas A&M AgriLife is uniquely positioned to improve lives, environments and the Texas economy through education, research, extension and service.

Click here to learn more about how you can be a part of AgriLife and make a difference in the world!

Job Responsibilities:

Primary research (75%)

• The responsibilities include designing and conducting experiments in the laboratory, coordinating and working with core facilities for mass spectrometry, NMR, and microscopy.

Data dissemination (15%)

• The responsibilities include and data analysis, organization, presentation during group meetings and departmental, college and university organizations as appropriate, writing, revising, and submitting manuscripts for publication, preparing and presenting results at national and international conferences.

Mentoring (5%)

• The responsibilities include mentoring undergraduate and graduate students in the laboratory. Undergraduates assigned to the postdoctoral research will conduct thesis work primarily under the mentorship of the postdoc. Graduate students will interact with and learn from the postdoctoral research associate in a open and supportive research environment.

(5%)-Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Education:

• PhD in Bacterial Genetics and Biochemistry or related field.

 

Preferred Experience:

• Bacterial genetics for multiple species of organism.
• Light and fluorescence microscopy.
• Mass spectrometry data acquisition and analysis.
• NMR data acquisition and analysis.

 

Required Special Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Good communication and computer skills.
• Open approach to defining a problem and designing a strategy for solving it.
• Ability to multi-task and work cooperatively with others.

Preferred Special Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Bacterial gene expression and genetic analysis.
• Small molecule isolation using chromatography.
• Genome and transcriptome analysis.

What You Need to Know

Position Funding: This position is grant funded and availability is contingent on grant funding.

Why Work at Texas A&M AgriLife?

When you choose to work for Texas A&M AgriLife, you become part of an organization that is an established leader in agriculture and life sciences with a wide range of capabilities to meet the needs of our statewide, national, and international constituents.

In addition, Texas A&M AgriLife offers a comprehensive benefit package including the following:

• Health, dental, vision, life and long-term disability insurance with Texas A&M AgriLife contributing to employee health and basic life premiums 
• 12-15 days of annual paid holidays  
• Up to eight hours of paid sick leave and at least eight hours of paid vacation each month
• Automatic enrollment in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas  
• Employee Wellness Initiative for Texas A&M AgriLife

Applicant Instructions

Applications received by Texas A&M AgriLife must either have all job application data entered or a resume attached. Failure to provide all job application data or a complete resume could result in an invalid submission and a rejected application. We encourage all applicants to upload a resume or use a LinkedIn profile to prepopulate the online application.

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.