Marie Curie Individual Fellowships - Postdoctoral Researchers | Ολλανδία

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS / RESEARCH SCIENTISTS

to apply jointly with KeyGene for the EC Marie Sklodowska-Curie 2018 Individual Fellowship
Application number 18.100MC

About Marie Skladowska-Curie Individual Fellowship
The MC IF is a prestigious European funding scheme that supports mobility, career development, and training within and beyond Europe, and offers 12-24 months’ highly competitive salary and research funds. More information on MC IF can be found here.

To be taken at KeyGene, Wageningen, The Netherlands
KeyGene is the go-to AgBiotech company for higher crop yield and quality. With our intellectual capital, solution driven approach and collaborative spirit, we work for the future of global agriculture with partners in the AgriFood sector. Using our proprietary technologies and non-GM approaches, KeyGene supports customers with the development of new and improved crops. KeyGene’s goal is to help organizations with their toughest R&D challenges, combining our cutting edge breeding technologies, bioinformatics and data science expertise and trait platforms. At KeyGene, we work in an international environment with more than 140 professionals from all over the world. www.keygene.com

Field of Action
Suggestions for fields of action for the application are:

• Genome Bioinformatics incl. resequencing and variome analysis
• New applications for Oxford Nanopore Technologies’ sequencing platform
• Genome-wide prediction and selection
• Trait Development through Genome Editing and Mutation Breeding
• Digital Phenotyping and Virtual Reality Visualisation
• Computational Candidate Gene Discovery – engine for superior lead genes
• Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
• Biotic Stress Resistance (insects, nematodes, viruses, fungi)
• Reproduction Traits (yield stability, double haploids, apomixis, meiosis)
• Development of Novel Crops for Biobased economy

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