Postdoctoral Research Scientist Position
Dr. Yu’s lab in USDA-ARS is seeking a highly motivated and creative post-doctoral research associate with expertise in quantitative genetics and/or bioinformatics to work on a NIFA-funded project on enhancing resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses in forage crops. The successful candidate will conduct computational biology to address complex scientific questions using next generation sequencing technologies by applying a combination of computational and biological expertise. The candidate should be able to design experiments that address specific problem and then apply computational methods to address the problems related to functional genomics or quantitative genetics in complex polyploid plant genomes. The candidate should demonstrate ability to apply mathematical modeling to biological data and current bioinformatics to next generation sequencing.
Minimum requirements:
•Doctoral degree in computational biology, biostatistics, quantitative genetics or related field
•Demonstrated ability to construct bioinformatics pipelines for next generation sequence data analysis
•Demonstrated strong understanding of statistics and quantitative data analysis
•Excellent written skills, be able to develop manuscripts and technical reports.
Preferred requirements:
•Work experience with UNIX, R-statistics
•Hands on skill on Perl programing or other languages.
Please contact to Dr. Long-Xi Yu by email at long-xi.yu@wsu.edu for further question.
Long Xi Yu
Plant Germplasm Introduction and Testing Research
Research Geneticist (Plants)
Education
PhD 1987, Plant molecular biology, University of Orleans, France.
BS 1977, Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University.
Professional Experience
2014-present: Professor, Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Prosser, WA.
2000-2014: Research Scientist, Cornell University.
1998-2000: Chief scientist, NovaFlora Company.
1993-1998: Research Scientist, Université du Québec.
1989-1992: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Bristol and Texas Tech University.
1988-1989: Hunan Agricultural University.
Publication
1、 Zhang, T., Kesoju, S., Greene, S. L., Fransen, S., Hu, J., & Yu, L. X. (2018). Genetic diversity and phenotypic variation for drought resistance in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) germplasm collected for drought tolerance. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 65(2), 471-484.
2、 Yu, L. X. (2017). Identification of single-nucleotide polymorphic loci associated with biomass yield under water deficit in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) using genome-wide sequencing and association mapping. Frontiers in plant science, 8, 1152.
3、 Liu, X. P., & Yu, L. X. (2017). Genome-wide association mapping of loci associated with plant growth and forage production under salt stress in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Frontiers in plant science, 8, 853.
4、 Yu, L. X., Zheng, P., Bhamidimarri, S., Liu, X. P., & Main, D. (2017). The Impact of Genotyping-by-Sequencing Pipelines on SNP Discovery and Identification of Markers Associated with Verticillium Wilt Resistance in Autotetraploid Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Frontiers in plant science, 8, 89.
5、 Yu, L. X., Chao, S., Singh, R. P., & Sorrells, M. E. (2017). Identification and validation of single nucleotide polymorphic markers linked to Ug99 stem rust resistance in spring wheat. PloS one, 12(2), e0171963.
6、 Yu, L. X., Zheng, P., Zhang, T., Rodringuez, J., & Main, D. (2017). Genotyping‐by‐sequencing‐based genome‐wide association studies on Verticillium wilt resistance in autotetraploid alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Molecular plant pathology, 18(2), 187-194. |