Research actions for reducing the impact on agricultural and natural ecosystems of the harmful plant pathogen xylella fastidiosa (reach-xy) avente ad oggetto applied plant genetics and genomics for improving resistance to xylella fastidiosa

Position: Research appointment (pre-doc) Institute: CNR - Inst. Biosciences and Biorenewables
New! Posted on: 01/04/2026 Elapsing! Deadline: 10/04/2026

Scientific-Disciplinary Group

05/BIOS-14 - Genetics

Description

The REACH-XY project proposing the establishment of advanced research infrastructures aims at developing novel scientific knowledge as well as advanced and sustainable solutions to fight Xf. The multidisciplinary research network will integrate skills and expertise from different fields (plant pathologists and entomologists, geneticists, bioinformaticians and information scientists, chemists, biologists, physiologists, engineering), the main objective of the project is design and implementation of advanced technological platforms and biosafety infrastructures to overcome the current limitation of containment facilities for the manipulation of harmful plant pathogens and modified microorganisms.

Compensation

24,000 Euro

Job posting website

http://www.urp.cnr.it

Number of positions

1

Maximum duration

12.0

Funding body

Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca (MUR)

How to apply

Other

Selection process

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The examining committee has a total of 100 points available, distributed as follows:40 points for the scientific-professional curriculum vitae,30 points for the selected publications,30 points for the interviewThe interview will focus on the topic of the Call for Applications. The selection process involves obtaining a merit ranking based on the decreasing order of the final score obtained by each candidate based on the sum of the scores obtained in the evaluation of qualifications and the interview. In the event of a tie, the younger candidate will be given preference Experience and expertise in the use of molecular tools for plant differentiation, analysis of genotypic, genomic, and phenotypic data, gene sequence investigation, and biotechnological applications for genetic improvement.

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