17 January 2011

Vacancy geneticist at IPG

The IPG Research and Development team in the Netherlands is looking for:
 
                                   Geneticist (m/f)
The position:
Job involves projects in the areas of breeding goals, Breeding Value Estimation  and implementation in the breeding program. Other project areas are (genetics of) health, reproduction, male and female and nutrition; all of these areas approached from thorough quantitative analysis. Core business of our group is the day to day processing of huge volumes of data into EBV’s.

The organisation:
IPG, Institute for Pig Genetics B.V. is supplying independent scientific and administrative support for the improvement of farm animal (mainly pig) breeding (TOPIGS, www.TOPIGS.com ) and AI programmes. The activities of IPG are primarily breeding program administration, breeding value estimation and breeding and AI research.
The Research and Development department of IPG is engaged in innovations in breeding, both in quantitative genetics and in genomics. Fertility and reproduction (AI and ET) as well as the biology and economy of important traits are naturally part of this research.

Basic qualifications for the job are:
§         ·          academic education in animal genetics
§         ·          ‘love for data and data analysis’
§         ·          fluent in English in speech and writing
§         ·          team work abilities
Strong extra qualifications could be found in:
§         ·          strong interest in pig production worldwide
§         ·          interest and experience in genomics, reproduction, and/or nutrition
§         ·          one or more other languages than English (and Dutch)

Offered:
A dynamic job with a global pig breeding organisation.
Good opportunities for further career development, both national and international.
Competitive salary package.

Procedure:
For more information about the position, please contact Egbert Knol, telephone number +31 (0) 24 677 9999 or Egbert.Knol@ipg.nl
Please send your application and C.V. to IPG, P.O. Box 43, NL-6640 AA Beuningen (GLD), The Netherlands or along e-mail: vacature@ipg.nl before 15st January 2011

For more information on IPG check www.IPG.nl

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