Looking for a research fellow in plant genetic engineering

Job Description

Genetic engineering of plants promises to provide sustainable solutions for food security and climate change mitigation. Current genetic engineering technologies using Agrobacterium, viruses and nanoparticles through syringe injection and biolistic bombardment suffer from limitations including narrow ranges of host species, low transformation efficiencies, strict restrictions on cargo types and sizes, tissue damage and unwanted transgene integration into plant genome. A major challenge to deliver exogenous material into plants is the cell wall barrier. The Tay lab will be hiring a research fellow to develop nanomaterials for plant genetic engineering, with the goal to produce plants with enhanced traits such as higher yield and weather resistant.

Key Responsibilities

Conducting experiments, writing manuscripts

Requirements:
PhD in materials engineering or plant biology; 2 first author papers; ideally, experience in in vivo and in vitro plant work

Dr. Andy Tay (戴嘉平)

Assistant Professor

Presidential Young Professor

Department of Biomedical Engineering

(Link to lab webpage)