[Employment] Research positions in Floriculture Biotechnology

[Anton Jordaan]

Sylvean Biotech has recently launched a Floriculture Biotechnology 
research program in collaboration with the Department of Plant 
Production and Soil Science at the University of Pretoria, South 
Africa.  We have several postdoctoral positions available at an annual 
remuneration package of R185,000 (tax exempt), as well as PhD positions 
at an annual remuneration package of R130,000 (tax exempt).

The Floriculture Biotechnology research program aims to develop popular 
new varieties of the rose and other important ornamental plants, using 
genetic engineering.  Research within the program will cover a wide 
range of topics at the cutting edge of plant biotechnology, including 
transgenics, RNAi, metabolic engineering and liquid systems for mass 
micropropagation.

The program aims to do ground-breaking, patentable research, and will 
also optimise publication output in leading journals.  The program 
therefore offers significant career-advancement opportunities to the 
participating scientists.

We would prefer that the researchers could start as soon as possible.  
Interested candidates are invited to send their applications (including 
CV as well as brief statement of research interests and career goals) to 
recruitment from sylvean.com.