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Dear Plant Pathologist colleagues,

Please see attached position description about an opportunity to work with Driscoll’s, Inc. based in the UK south of London in Kent in support of berry production in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Please share this with anyone you may know who may be interested to join a great team of geneticists and plant pathologists, plant physiologists, entomologists, post harvest specialists, molecular biologists, chemists and flavor scientists researching berry crops to bring healthy berries to consumers around the globe.

The Oregon State University Plant Clinic has an opening for a full-time diagnostician to start this spring (2021). This is an awesome opportunity, as we see a LOT of different problems on many different plant species. The Clinic is a dynamic and fast-paced facility with a need for someone who is interested in diagnostics as a career. To apply and find out more about the position, please see https://jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/98196.

Please share this opening with those who may be interested.

The NCSU Plant Disease and Insect Clinic (PDIC) is a diagnostics laboratory whose aim is to serve clients (mainly in the state of NC) by providing diagnoses of plant pathogens and insect pests, and potential recommendations for their control.  Personnel in the clinic also assist in diagnostics training for other individuals in the state (especially extension pesonnel), and communicate information about diagnostics.

Further information is available at: https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/138615

The USDA Forest Service Region 8, Forest Health Protection, is outreaching a 2-year Term Biological Science Technician position at the Resistance Screening Center (RSC) located in the Bent Creek Experimental Forest in Asheville, North Carolina. The RSC is a facility where tree seedlings are propagated and screened against a variety of plant pathogens to determine resistance. Priority diseases include fusiform rust & pitch canker on southeastern pines, Phytophthora root rot on hybrid chestnut, dogwood anthracnose, and brown spot needle blight.

The USDA-APHIS-PPQ in Nogales, Arizona has an opening for our Smuggling Interdiction and Trade Compliance Officer position. Please share the USAJobs link below to any prospective students. I have also included the position requirements, which I am sure a lot of your students would qualify with.

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/588373600

At the School of Plant Sciences, in the University of Arizona, Tucson has an open position for a research lab technician. 

One MS /Ph.D. Research Assistant Position for fall, 2021. The successful applicants will conduct experiments on the development of advanced diagnostic methods for rapid and confident identification of plant diseases due to virus, bacteria, or fungus using next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies such as minION, PacBio sequencing. The successful candidate is expected to conduct lab and greenhouse experiments under the supervision of Dr. Ali in different pathosystems.

Pay: 25,800 per year

Requirement: