KWS is one of the most innovative and long established plant breeding and seed companies worldwide. For more than 150 years we have been breeding and marketing high performance varieties for the modern farmer. Our key crops are sugar beet, corn and cereals as well as oil seed crops and potatoes. Our core markets are in the temperate climate zones of Europe, North and South America as well as China.

Per January 1st, 2014 we would like to welcome a new colleague as
Cereals Genomics Scientist (m/f)

You will work on a full-time basis in our Cereals biotechnology team in Einbeck, Germany. Initially we offer a three year fixed-term contract. Our strategic initiative have increased our genomics activities in cereals and at the same time the scientific bases for genome research in cereals has been well established as the genome sequences of wheat, barley and rye are available. If you have been studying (molecular) biology and have a strong interest in plant breeding, combined with scientific experience in a cereal crop as postdoc we would like you to consider this opportunity. The core activity will be translational research to bring the genome knowhow closer to the breeding and find new (trait) opportunities for our core cereal crops rye, wheat and barley.

Your responsibilities:

• The opportunity to work in an open, future-oriented research environment closely connected to our global breeding programs
• The possibility to translate your know-how into product orientation with focus on agronomical important traits
• A state of the art technology platform, together with highly motivated and qualified colleagues to carry out ambitious research projects

Your profile:

• A PhD in biology or related fields like molecular biology, genetics or genomics
• Sound knowledge in cereal genomics and in depth experience with genomics data analysis
• Knowledge of cereals breeding is preferred
• Excellent team player and strong communication skills
• Very good English language skills
• Flexibility to travel

If you are interested we would be pleased to receive your detailed application quoting the job application number 2127.

KWS Services Deutschland GmbH
Employee Services – Arne Graf
P.O. Box 1463, 37555 Einbeck, Germany
Tel. +49 (0)5561/311-714
applications@kws.com

www.kws.com