A postdoctoral researcher position is available immediately at
University of California, Riverside

A postdoctoral researcher position is available immediately to study
the regulatory mechanism of pathogen-induced small RNAs in plant
immunity. Endogenous small RNAs have emerged as important players...

Dear Colleagues

Please can you circulate the information below to all interested parties

Many thanks

Independent Research Fellowships

The John Innes Centre (JIC), Norwich, UK is a world leading centre of
excellence in plant and microbial sciences based on the Norwich Research
Park. We are inviting applications from outstanding researchers who
either hold, or wish to apply for Independent Research Fellowships, to
attend a Conference at the JIC on 2/3 June 2008. At the meeting you will
be able to present a talk about your proposed area of research and to
discuss your proposals, the development of your group and your future
career plans in depth with senior JIC Scientists.

After the Conference we will select and mentor outstanding candidates in
writing Fellowship applications and/or offer the opportunity to move
existing Fellowships to the JIC.

Further details and particulars can be found at

http://www.jic.ac.uk/corporate/opportunities/vacancies/fellows.htm

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Biology, University of Leicester

Salary Grade 7 - GBP 28,289 to 32,796 per annum

Available immediately for 18 months

Ref: R3654

A BBSRC-funded postdoctoral position is available immediately for a strongly motivated individual to study novel nuclear mutations that affect the efficiency of chloroplast protein import in the model plant, Arabidopsis thaliana. The mutations were identified in forward-genetic screens for extragenic suppressors of the well-characterised chloroplast protein import mutants, ppi1 and tic40. Applicants should have a PhD and a strong background in a relevant discipline. Experience of molecular biology research will be essential, and experience of research on Arabidopsis and/or organelle biology will be highly desirable.

Downloadable application forms and further particulars are available from http://www.le.ac.uk/personnel/jobs/r3654a.html. If you require a hard copy, please contact Personnel Services - tel: +44 116 252 2435, fax: +44 116 252 5140, email: recruitment4@le.ac.uk. Please note that CVs will only be accepted in support of a fully completed application form.

Closing Date: 18 March 2008

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Dr R. Paul Jarvis, Group Leader,
Royal Society Rosenheim Research Fellow,
Biology Department, University of Leicester,
Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom.

Dear all,

I am growing ap1-1 cal1-1 double mutants from seeds ordered from ABRC
(CS6161), of which ap1-1 is homozygous and cal1-1 is heterozygous.
However, I saw some white petals from some of the plants. Could anyone
please help me to understand this, or give me some suggestions what I
should do with those plants having petals?

Thank you so much.

SL

GENESIS - The annual fest of Department of Biotechnology, IITKharagpur
will be organized from 4th to 6th of April 2008 in IIT Kharagpur
Campus.It will provide a platform to people interested in
biotechnology from all over the country to explore there interest
through various events.

Following events will be held during the fest
1) BIOTECHNNOVATION - Paper and Poster Presentation competition
2) BIOSTANCE - Debate Competition
3) BIOLUMINESENCE - Panel Discussion
4) BIOSCOPE - Guest Lectures in varied fields of Biotechnology
5) BIOCASO - Case Study Competition.
6) SYMBIOTEK - well known as icebreaker (Funzone).
7) BIOQUEST - BIOQuiz Competition.
8) BIONETICS - Bioinformatics Competition.
9) BIZWIZ - Business Plan Competition.

Dear Madam/Sir,

Please see our advertisement below for a post-doc position at the Max Planck
Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany. Could you please
forward the announcement to contacts who might be interested in this
position. Thank you.

Kind regards

Birgit Thron

Secretary to Prof Maarten Koornneef

Director, Plant Breeding and Genetics

Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10

50829 Cologne/Germany

Tel: 0049-221-5062-401

Fax: 0049-221-5062-413

E-mail: thron@mpiz-koeln.mpg.de

www.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de

The Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIZ) seeks

a post-doctoral scientist

Dear newsgroup,

does any of you have seeds from Arabidopsis plants that strongly express
GFP (cytosol or ER). I need them as a control for gene silencing
studies. They must not be resistant to Basta or Hygromycin.
Thank you very much in advance

Uli

Dr. Ulrich Eckhardt
Humboldt University
Plant Physiology
Philippstr. 13, Haus 12
10115 Berlin
Germany

Bioinformatics Scientist

Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. is looking for an individual to
lead an important project to collect, organize and analyze
data with the goal of improving traits in Miscanthus and
other plants for use as biofeedstocks. You will work with
biologists, agronomists, business people, and computer
scientists in an interdisciplinary environment. This is a
well-funded, full-time position in our Hayward, California
offices.

Knowledge in these areas is helpful:
o Genomics and gene databases;
o Standard bioinformatics tools;
o Plant traits and QTLs;
o Plant breeding and pedigree databases;
o SNPs;
o Illumina Beadstation;
o Oracle, Linux, Perl, Apache interactions;

We are looking for a PhD in biology/life sciences with at least one year experience in resolving markers using ABI 3130XL. Interested can send their CV, three names of reference to Dr.Padma Nimmakayala at padma@wvstateu.edu
Full Description:
West Virginia State University (WVSU) Gus R. Douglass Institute invites applications for the Post Doctorial Associate. This position is supported from a USDA-CSREES funded grant for sweet potato genomics.

Hi Frédéric,

The TAIR7 release contains a total of 32,041 genes including 26,819
nuclear-encoded protein-coding genes, 1054 nuclear genes encoding RNAs,
3,889 nuclear pseudogenes and transposon genes and 279 genes encoded by
the chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes.

Here's a citation for the TAIR7 genome release:

Swarbreck et al. (2008) The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR):
gene structure and function annotation. Nucleic Acids Research
36:D1009-D1014

You can download it from http://arabidopsis.org/about/D1009.pdf

For the TAIR6 and TAIR7 releases there was no change to the assembly so
the size of the genome remains the same as for TIGR5. The 5 nuclear
chromosomes have a total size of 118,998 Mb as described for the TIGR5
release:

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=1578413...

Eva