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The IPK is a non-profit research institution with around 500 employees and, as a foundation under public law, a member of the Leibniz Association. It is financed jointly by the federal government and the federal states. The IPK offers its employees an attractive working environment with good development opportunities, especially in the scientific field.

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The research group Genetics and Physiology of Root Development studies crop root anatomical and architectural traits. Research is mainly focused on cereals including barley, wheat, and maize. We aim to leverage high-throughput phenotyping to create knowledge about plant function at the physiological level and use forward genetics approaches to unravel the genetic architecture of root…

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Student Assistant (f/m/d)
for Harvest, Phenotyping and Seed Processing

The culturally diverse Research Group “Plant Architecture” lead by Prof. Dr. Thorsten Schnurbusch is primarily interested in basic research questions concerning how cereal inflorescences, called spikes, develop and how this contributes to yield formation.

Your tasks:

  • You carry out the harvest of individual spikes and assist with the row and plot harvests.
  • You support data collection in…
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Die Arbeitsgruppe Ressourcengenetik und Reproduktion beschäftigt sich mit der Erforschung und Erschliessung des Genebank Materials. Ziel ist es, die genetische Diversität von Kulturpflanzen, insbesondere von Getreide, durch intra- und interspezifische Kreuzungen fuer die Pflanzenzucht zu erschliesen.

Ihre Aufgaben:

  • Sie arbeiten eigenständig an der Anzucht und Kreuzung von verschiedenen…
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Die Arbeitsgruppe Cryo- und Stressbiologie ist zentraler Bestandteil der Bundeszentralen Ex-situ Genbank für landwirtschaftliche und gartenbauliche Kulturpflanzen und verantwortlich für die In-vitro-Erhaltung und Kryolagerung von aktuell 2.500 Akzessionen. Um die dauerhafte Erhaltung von wertvollem Pflanzenmaterial zu garantieren, wird die Lagerung unterschiedlicher Pflanzenorgane…

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The Domestication Genomics group investigates the evolution and adaptation of crops, with a focus on how these processes shape genetic diversity in domesticated plants and their wild progenitors. Our research centres on cereal and legume species, making use of the extensive germplasm collections maintained in the German national genebank. A core area of our work is the pangenomics of…

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