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Ph.D. position in Plant Genomics / Bioinformatics


A Ph.D. student position is available starting March 2009 or later in the
lab of Christian Hardtke at the Department of Plant Molecular Biology,
University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Our department offers excellent
research infrastructure combined with a lively, interactive and
international scientific community, located in the beautiful Lake Geneva
region.

The candidate is expected to interact with other lab members, including
bioinformaticians, as well as Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics staff to
annotate and exploit large scale genomic data (UHTS) for various projects in
the lab, and to contribute to the generation of statistical models of plant
growth.

More details about the project are available upon request.

Strongly motivated candidates with a solid background knowledge in molecular
biology & bioinformatics are encouraged to apply.


Please forward applications including a curriculum vitae and contact
information for two senior scientist referees by e-mail to
christian.hardtke@unil.ch.

lab web page: www.unil.ch/dbmv/page21142_en.html


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A postdoc position is available immediately in the group of C Bellini, at the Umeå Plant Science Centre - http:/www.upsc.se/ - (<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:smarttags" /><st1lace w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Umeå</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Sweden</st1:country-region></st1lace>) to characterize the function of phloem expressed genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. <o></o>
The complexity of the phloem functioning at different structural and physiological levels begins to be recognized. Nevertheless, despite a key role in plant life and adaptation, genes controlling phloem differentiation and its functioning are poorly known. Its low representation within the plant, less than 0,4% of the total volume of the leaf made for long its study problematic. This was recently overcome by using phloem-enriched fractions of plant tissues, which enabled to establish libraries of genes preferentially expressed in the phloem and potentially involved in specific functions. We decided to address the mechanisms controlling phloem functions through a functional genomic approach. From several transcriptome data-bases available we selected genes showing high expression in the phloem compartment and encoding tanscription factors and membrane proteins. Through an integrative approach combining modern genetics, molecular biology and cell biology we are now getting further insights in their role in regulating phloem functioning.<o></o>
You will work in a highly stimulating environment at <st1lace w:st="on"><st1laceName w:st="on">Umeå</st1laceName> <st1laceName w:st="on">Plant</st1laceName> <st1laceName w:st="on">Science</st1laceName> <st1laceType w:st="on">Center</st1laceType></st1lace>-a leading research institute in experimental plant biology, in a friendly and international atmosphere.<o></o>
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Applicants hold a PhD degree in molecular biology, genetics or plant biology. They have a strong background in molecular biology and genetics techniques. Experience with plants is preferred. Competences in cell biology and microscopy techniques will be highly appreciated. <o></o>
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential.<o></o>
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Funding is for 1 year with possibility of extension. <o></o>
The position is available immediately. <o></o>
The application including letter of interest, curriculum vitae, detailed research experience, achievements and publication list, names and contact information of 3 references should be sent as a single PDF file to Catherine.Bellini@genfys.slu.se.<o></o>
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Application will be open until the position is filled.

Proposition de Post-doc dans le cadre d'un projet ANR PRECODD.

Duree 2 ans (démarrage février 2009)

Salaire brut : 2 250.00 euros mensuel
Salaire net : 1 835.00 euros mensuel

Localisation:
Clermont-Fd
Laboratoire Microorganismes : Génome et Environnement (http://www.univ-bpclermont.fr/LABOS/lmge/)
Equipe Génomique Intégrée des Interactions Microbiennes

Sujet Post-doctoral:
Les logiciels existants de détermination des sondes oligonucléotides pour biopuces ADN ne répondant pas aux exigences de spécificité et de sensibilité des sondes pour la conception de biopuces pour l'environnement, l'équipe du LMGE a développé trois algorithmes :
- GoArrays (Rimour et al., 2005) qui permet de déterminer des sondes très spécifiques et très sensibles.
- PhylArray pour la conception de biopuces de type phylogénétique permettant d'identifier et de suivre des milliers d'espèces dans un environnement complexe en une seule expérience (Militon et al., 2007).
- MetabolicDesign pour appréhender la diversité métabolique d'un environnement complexe.
Un des objectifs affichés par le projet ANR Evasol passe par le développement d'algorithmes de bio-informatiques permettant l'analyse automatique des signaux des biopuces phylogénétiques et des biopuces fonctionnelles. Il est nécessaire de tenir compte de la caractérisation des oligo-sondes selon les critères requis pour atteindre un niveau théorique maximal de spécificité afin d'envisager de modéliser la dynamique des populations microbiennes dans les nappes phréatiques polluées.

contact : pierre.peyret@univ-bpclermont.fr
Tel. 04.73.40.51.39

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Title: Post Doc Associate –Research/Extension Plant Pathology<o></o>
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Location: NFREC / PLANT PATHOLOGY<o></o>
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Salary: $35,000 /year, plus post doctoral associate benefits of UF<o></o>
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Position Open To: Review of the applicants will begin on Feb 15, 2009 and continue until the position is filled.<o></o>
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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: This is a post doctorial research associate position that will involve both research and extension responsibilities. The position will be locatedat the North Florida Research and <st1laceName w:st="on">Education</st1laceName> <st1laceType w:st="on">Center</st1laceType>, <st1:City w:st="on">Quincy</st1:City>, <st1laceType w:st="on">Institute</st1laceType> of <st1laceName w:st="on">Food</st1laceName> and Agricultural Sciences, <st1lace w:st="on"><st1laceType w:st="on">University</st1laceType> of <st1laceName w:st="on">Florida</st1laceName></st1lace>. The incumbent will be responsible for continuing an established integrated research and extension program emphasizing management of diseases of vegetable and ornamental crops in north <st1:State w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Florida</st1lace></st1:State>. The incumbent is expected to conduct and publish applied and fundamental research primarily on plant disease of vegetables and ornamental crops, related to disease etiology, epidemiology, and integrated disease management on diseases that threaten major vegetable and ornamental crops of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Florida</st1lace></st1:State>. Extension responsibilities include communication of current research findings to clientele and involvement in state-wide recommendations for disease management and all aspects of emerging pathogens including plant disease diagnosis. Extension programs will be developed to increase the plant disease management expertise of county extension faculty, commercial producers, agricultural industry representatives, crop consultants, first detectors, and urban clientele in cooperation with other <st1lace w:st="on"><st1laceType w:st="on">University</st1laceType> of <st1laceName w:st="on">Florida</st1laceName></st1lace> extension and research faculty. This position will continue based on the performance of the postdoctoral associate and availability of funding. Implementation of the Affirmative Action program of the <st1lace w:st="on"><st1laceType w:st="on">University</st1laceType> of <st1laceName w:st="on">Florida</st1laceName></st1lace> is required. <o></o>
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BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: A Ph.D. in Plant Pathology or a closely related field is required. Candidates should have demonstrated skills in verbal and written communication, ability to establish and maintain good interpersonal relationships, and to procure extramural funding. Academic background and/or experience in plant pathology, as well as proven ability in applied plant pathology research, are highly desirable. Candidates must be supportive of the mission of the Land-Grant system. Candidates must also have a commitment to IFAS’<INS cite=mailto:North%20Florida%20Research%20and%20Education%20Center dateTime=2007-08-14T15:56> </INS>core values of excellence, diversity, global involvement, and accountability.<o></o>
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION: This position is housed at the North Florida Research and <st1laceName w:st="on">Education</st1laceName> <st1laceType w:st="on">Center</st1laceType> (NFREC) in <st1lace w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Quincy</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Florida</st1:State></st1lace>. The NFREC-Quincy is one of three major units comprising the NFREC. It is a 1000-acre research and education facility located 20 miles west of <st1lace w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Tallahassee</st1:City></st1lace>, the Capital of Florida. There are 26 faculty members, including this position, at the NFREC who currently conduct research and extension programs in forestry, environmental horticulture, vegetables, fruit crops, forages, agronomic crops, beef cattle, and all supporting disciplines including soil and water science, entomology, and plant pathology.<o></o>
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The Department of Plant Pathology has diverse teaching, research and extension education programs with 13 faculty members located on the <st1laceType w:st="on">University</st1laceType> of <st1laceName w:st="on">Florida</st1laceName>’s <st1lace w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Gainesville</st1:City></st1lace> campus, 24 faculty located across the state at research and education centers, as well as numerous courtesy faculty and support personnel. Currently the department has 18 undergraduate students, 31 graduate students, and houses the Doctor of Plant Medicine Program. The <st1laceType w:st="on">University</st1laceType> of <st1laceName w:st="on">Florida</st1laceName>, a member of the Association of American Universities and the State’s ‘flagship’ University, is a Land-Grant institution with an enrollment in excess of 48,000 students on the <st1lace w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Gainesville</st1:City></st1lace> campus. The <st1lace w:st="on"><st1laceType w:st="on">Institute</st1laceType> of <st1laceName w:st="on">Food</st1laceName></st1lace> and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS), the largest unit within the University, has over 1000 faculty and 1,600 staff members located in 20 academic units, 5 interdisciplinary centers, and 14 dispersed research and educational centers. Additionally, UF/IFAS staffs Cooperative Extension units (<st1laceType w:st="on">County</st1laceType> <st1laceName w:st="on">Campuses</st1laceName>) in each of <st1lace w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Florida</st1:State></st1lace>’s 67 counties and the Seminole Tribe. UF/IFAS, one of the nation’s largest agricultural and natural resource research and education organizations, is administered by a <INS cite=mailto:rcharu dateTime=2007-08-10T12:37>Senior </INS>Vice President and five deans: the Dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the Dean for Extension, the Dean for Research, the Dean for the College of Veterinary Medicine and the Director for the School of Natural Resources and Environment.<o></o>
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HOW TO APPLY: Interested persons are requested to submit electronically the following items: (1) A statement of your intention to apply including a short paragraph about your personal goals if you were selected for this position; (2) Resume; (3) Copy of a transcript from all colleges attended; and (4) Names of three individuals with first-hand knowledge of your academic accomplishments/post graduate work experience. All of the above items must be submitted by the closing date of Feb 15, 2009. Nomination of candidates is encouraged. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. <o></o>
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REFER TO POSITION # 00024063 <o></o>
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RETURN INQUIRIES TO: Dr.Tim Momol E-Mail: tmomol@ufl.edu<o></o>
UF/IFAS, 1052 McCarty Hall<o></o>
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The <st1lace w:st="on"><st1laceType w:st="on">University</st1laceType> of <st1laceName w:st="on">Florida</st1laceName></st1lace> is an equal opportunity, equal access, affirmative action employer. The Government in the sunshine laws of <st1lace w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Florida</st1:State></st1lace> requires that all documents relating to the search process, including letters of application/nomination and reference, except transcripts, be available for public inspection. Persons with disabilities have the right to request and receive reasonable accommodation.<o></o>

 

[Nguyễn Ngọc Lương]

Nghe đâu Florida này có tiếng là PhD students phải bỏ của chạy lấy người đấy.

 

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Dear collegues,

I would be grateful if you could distribute the attached announcement on a post doc position to possibly interested candidates at your department or in your group.

Thank you.

 

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Thèses ADEME : Appel à candidatures 2009

http://cgi.dolist.fr/online.asp?l=1384-13003-7929-d0e2ce45

 

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A post-doctoral position is available for 24 months (funded by the “Région Ile de France) to work on the relationship between polyketide synthases and virulence in​

Mycobacterium abscessus. M. abscessus is an emerging intracellular pathogens that mostly infect, but not only, young cystic fibrosis. The mycobacterial cell wall is one of the main virulence determinants. This project is expected to help understanding the role of each polyketide synthase with respect with the metabolite production, bacilli plysiology and virulence. The team is currently composed of 1 MSc, 2 PhD students, 1 senior post doc and a technician.

The position is open in the INSERM U570 (Team: J.M Reyrat) located in the School of Medicine of University Paris Descartes (site Necker).
The applicant is expected to have a previous background in bacterial genetics and biochemistry.​

The deadline for starting the contract is mid-march 2009.

 

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Chers collègues,

J'attire votre attention sur le fait que le prochain appel à propositions Erasmus Mundus sera publié la dernière semaine de Janvier.
Pour rappel, Erasmus Mundus permet désormais de *financer des Doctorats* et plus seulement seulement des Master. Le programme s'adresse aux *ressortissants de l'UE et des Pays tiers.*
Pour plus d'information vous pourrez consulter (à partir de la semaine prochaine seulement) la page Erasmus Mundus du site de l'Agence
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/static/en/mundus/index.htm

 

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Il faut un candidat disponible immediatement !!!

 

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Có cái ranking của các trường đại học bên UK, nếu định xin đi học thì cũng không nên chọn trường ở đấy bảng quá. Có cả rangking theo các ngành học để tiện theo dõi:
http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encnet/Departments/College/?article=Rankings2008

 

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Post-doctoral position starting april 1st 2009

Generation of a recombinant bacterial strain and bioproduction of itaconic acid

As an alternative to petrochemical resources, Itaconic acid (IA) is produced by microbial fermentation and can be used in industry for the synthesis of polymers.
The present project aims at generating a bacterial strain capable to produce itaconic acid with industrially relevant performances.
The first steps will be to purify the cis-aconitic acid decarboxylase (CAD), catalyzing the decarboxylation of cis-aconitic acid into itaconate and then to express the corresponding gene into a bacterial strain displaying high metabolic fluxes. The recombinant bacteria will be cultivated in fermentor to test their growth and production capacities. Rate limiting steps within the IA biosynthetic pathway will be identified over the fermentation processes.

With a biochemistry/microbiology background The applicant should have a Ph.D. degree in biochemistry/microbiology and serious skills in protein purification, fermentation techniques (fermentation processes at the bioreactor scale) as well as molecular biology techniques (cloning...) will be appreciated.
This project is supported by the ERA-Net project, through the French agency for Energy and Environment ADEME.

The work will be held at the Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine- ENSAIA in the Laboratoire des Sciences du Génie Chimique CNRS-UPR 6811 in Nancy (France) in close collaboration with several european academic partners.
Annual stipends will be around 30100 Euros brutto.


Send C.V. and 2 letters of reference to:

Pr Jean-louis GOERGEN
LSGC-CNRS
ENSAIA, BP 172
Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine
2, avenue de la foret de Haye
F-54505 Vandoeuvre les Nancy cedex
phone: +33 (0)383 59 5844
Fax : +33 (0)383 59 5804
E-mail: jean-louis.goergen@ensaia.inpl-nancy.fr

 

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Dear colleague,

Please find below an add for a PhD position at the Swiss Federal Research Institute Agroscope in Zürich. I would appreciate if you could forward it to potential candidates. Sorry if you received this message twice.

With my best wishes from Zurich,
Marcel van der Heijden


*Title*
PhD position: underground symbionts and nutrient cycling in ecosystems

*Description*
The availability of cheap fertilizers is rapidly decreasing and it has been predicted that we will face a phosphate crisis endangering agricultural productions. This is because available phosphorus deposits are expected to be depleted in about 50 years. Moreover, the production of nitrogen is energetically expensive (1 kg of N fertilizer requires 2.5 litres of petrol) and prices are expected to increase considerably in the coming decades. Hence, it is extremely important to understand which factors control nutrient cycling in ecosystems and reduce nutrient loss from soils. Such knowledge can be used to enhance the sustainability of ecosystems and is especially important for low-input agricultural systems. The factors that reduce nutrient loss from ecosystems are, in part, poorly understood. In this project the impact of the soil microbes, ³the unseen majority², on nutrient losses will be investigated. Specific attention will be given to mycorrhizal fungi and denitrifying bacteria & fungi.
The following hypothesis are addressed:
1. Mycorrhizal fungi reduce nutrient leaching after heavy rain due to their ability to acquire nutrients from the soil.
2. By reducing nutrient loss, mycorrhizal fungi maintain plant productivity and plant nutrient acquisition.
3. The significance of mycorrhizal fungi increases when ecosystems are exposed to climate change (e.g. increased rainfall intensities or elevated temperatures) because mycorrhizal fungi retain nutrients inside ecosystems.
This project is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.
*Education / Conditions*
We are looking for an enthusiastic person with an MSc in ecology, microbial ecology, nutrient cycling or agronomy. Experience or interest in mycorrhizal fungi, denitrification measurements or isotope (N15) ecology is an advantage.
Duration of appointment: 3 years
This position is open until filled (entrance Summer/ Autumn 2009).
*Applications*
If you are interested in this position, please send your complete application (CV and Certificates) to:
Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART, Human Resources, Code ³Microbial Control of Nutrient Cycling³, Reckenholzstrasse 191, CH-8046 Zürich
For further information & project description, please contact:
Dr. Marcel van der Heijden, +41 44 377 72 78, marcel.vanderheijden@art.admin.ch <mailto:marcel.vanderheijden@art.admin.ch>

*Organisation*
Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART conducts research for agriculture and nature. The PhD position is available at the Ecological Farming Systems group, a new, multidisciplinary group consisting of agronomists, ecologists, biologists & soil scientists. This group studies ecological farming systems, aiming to enhance agricultural sustainability. Specific attention is given to soil microbes and their impact upon plant yield and ecosystem processes.


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Dr. M.G.A. van der Heijden
Group Leader Ecological Farming Systems
Research Station Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon
Swiss Federal Research Institute Agroscope
Reckenholzstrasse 191, CH-8046 Zürich, Switzerland
Tel. ++41 (0)44 / 377 72 78
FAX ++41 (0)44 / 377 72 01
_mailto:marcel.vanderheijden@art.admin.ch
http://www.art.admin.ch <http://www.art.admin.ch/>_