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<span class="ignore-global-css"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is recruiting a postdoctoral research associate to join the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.newrootsforrestoration.org/__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!BN60pXkF-VwqjfN7sN2OgFvWhf3sKgLHYNIDeYGQbwk7vBpKaQFj1F9FJ1oiznW3GKVrD-JVkyubqahuQ_BD1WA$"><span style="color:#428BCA;text-decoration:none">New
 Roots for Restoration Biology Integration Institute</span></a> (NRR-BII), a five-year, NSF-funded initiative supporting integrated research and training activities at the Danforth Center and NRR-BII partner institutions in St. Louis (Missouri Botanical Garden,
 Saint Louis University, St. Louis Science Center) and beyond (Chicago Botanic Garden, The Land Institute, University of Kansas, University of Missouri, University of Vermont). Applications can be submitted <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/jobs/ViewJobDetails?job=90982&clientkey=0386834D209CD1EA462A147F53A126FF__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!BN60pXkF-VwqjfN7sN2OgFvWhf3sKgLHYNIDeYGQbwk7vBpKaQFj1F9FJ1oiznW3GKVrD-JVkyubqahuOnkqVXM$">here</a>.</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="ignore-global-css"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">Research activities of the NRR-BII focus on the overarching theme of how plant organismal systems (plant roots and shoots) relate to one another, and
 how those relationships influence and are influenced by plant communities and the soil ecosphere.  Land-use conversion has impacted over 75% of lands globally, resulting in a loss of ~50% of the world’s topsoil in the last 150 years. Plants provide the ecological
 and structural foundation of terrestrial landscapes, building soils and supporting productivity in natural and agricultural ecosystems. Through their root systems, plants connect aboveground components of terrestrial ecosystems to the soil, yet we lack a basic
 understanding of how plant traits, from roots to shoots, govern these connections. Informed selection of plants based on an understanding of how they interact with each other and with soil will enable restoration of degraded lands in natural and agricultural
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<span class="ignore-global-css"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">The NRR-BII engages researchers from different disciplines (plant organismal systems biology, agro-ecology, community ecology, evolutionary genetics,
 microbial ecology, restoration ecology, soil science), systems (natural and agricultural contexts), and organizations (nonprofit research institutes, private universities, public universities, land-grant universities, botanical gardens) in a series of tightly
 coordinated projects targeting multiple representative species from three plant families (sunflower—Asteraceae, bean—Fabaceae, and grass—Poaceae). To facilitate successful completion of proposed and emerging projects, NRR-BII supports eight expertise cores
 that bring together recognized experts in approaches required for the proposed projects: above-ground phenotyping, below-ground phenotyping, data science and analysis, elemental profiling, microbiome characterization, multi-site field logistics, soil structure
 and composition, synthesis and integration. Scientific advances made by Institute scientists and trainees will improve our ability to predict belowground functional traits from aboveground phenotypes. This information can be applied to accelerate breeding
 efforts (for perennial crops) and selection of suitably diverse germplasm (for wild species) to use in ecologically and functionally appropriate efforts to restore natural and agricultural ecosystems</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="ignore-global-css"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">Successful candidates will be co-mentored by Allison <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.perennialplantdiversity.org/__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!BN60pXkF-VwqjfN7sN2OgFvWhf3sKgLHYNIDeYGQbwk7vBpKaQFj1F9FJ1oiznW3GKVrD-JVkyubqahuhlx-MV4$"><span style="color:#428BCA;text-decoration:none">Miller</span></a> and
 Ivan <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.baxterlab.org/__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!BN60pXkF-VwqjfN7sN2OgFvWhf3sKgLHYNIDeYGQbwk7vBpKaQFj1F9FJ1oiznW3GKVrD-JVkyubqahuUXpY7Ms$"><span style="color:#428BCA;text-decoration:none">Baxter</span></a>. Postdoctoral
 research associates will lead research projects and/or Institute Expertise Cores, and will contribute to ongoing research across the Institute. NRR-BII Institute intentionally sustains a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion to support, train, and retain
 the next generation of diverse scientists who can readily integrate across disciplines and develop careers in which they can contribute to the restoration of natural and agricultural ecosystems. Postdoctoral research associates will play a key role in shaping
 this culture and mentoring Institute trainees. </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 research associate, in one of the general areas listed below. The position requires extensive collaboration among Danforth Center labs and partner institutions, and offers opportunities for leadership of specific projects and/or expertise cores. . </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 for diverse perennial species in the field and greenhouses; integrate below-ground phenotyping with above-ground phenotypes and soil data; use genomic tools to investigate genetic basis of root-shoot covariation. </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 data, leaf elemental composition data, and soil data; use phenomic/genomic data in a predictive capacity; help oversee one or more expertise cores. </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">About the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center:</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 plant science. Our focus is scientific research at the nexus of food, energy and the environment to improve the productivity and sustainability of agriculture. We assemble interactive teams of scientists and develop unique platforms to discover underlying
 principles about how plants work. We then convert that knowledge into useful crops and products, and partner with organizations that are best positioned to solve problems where they exist around the world. The Center’s work is funded through competitive grants
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