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Offene Stelle: Specialist insecticide mode of resistance
Art: Festanstellung
Business Unit: R&D
Geschäftsbereich: Biologie
Arbeitsort: CH - Stein (AG)
Hauptaufgaben: As specialist insecticide mode of resistance your main tasks will be the following:

• Independently or working as part of a team manage and conduct studies to determine the mode of resistance for insecticide resistant arthropods, including objective setting, experimental design, communication of interim and final findings and defining next actions
• To develop and implement biochemical and molecular techniques to determine the distribution and impact of insecticide resistance. Provide method proposals, logistic and cost evaluations and justification for method development
• To design and utilize research tools to determine the resistance risk posed to research insecticides
• Develop external knowledge networks, identifying key collaborators and potential new technologies and techniques for identifying insecticide resistance mechanisms
• In accordance with project guidelines liaise with countries and external contacts to ensure that insecticide resistance project activities are conducted in an orderly and timely manner
• Contribute knowledge and experience of Insecticide resistance and molecular biology to projects through project meetings and to help identify problems and devise solutions
• May lead small work groups related to area of expertise and within defined scope of team activities
• Represent the Insecticide Resistance Team and Syngenta Crop Protection at external events (International Conferences, Meetings, etc)
• Act as a representative of the insecticide resistance team and Syngenta to promote sustainable insecticide product use, insecticide resistance management and good agricultural practice to external customers and influencers
Anforderungen: As specialist insecticide mode of resistance you should have the following knowledge, experience and capabilities:

• At least 2 years practical experience of conducting molecular and biochemical techniques related to resistance research
• Experience in designing and conducting molecular biology techniques for identifying resistance (e.g. PCR, qPCR, sequencing, pyrosequencing, microarrays)
• Working knowledge of biochemical techniques for determining mode of resistance (e.g. ELISA, SDS PAGE, Spectro-flurometric & absorbance assays)
• Background knowledge of insect resistance biology (bioassay techniques, synergist studies)
• Background of agricultural entomology
• Working as part of a research team and as part of a scientific network
• Experimental project planning and organisational skills
• Ability to communicate and interact with scientific and non-scientific colleagues and audiences
• Flexibility and willingness to support others
• English language essential (written & spoken) and German language advantage (spoken)
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