Hi,
Below please find an advert for an open PhD student position in my lab. I am looking for a motivated, technically skilled and socially competent student to join the lab on a maize-symbiosis diversity project.
Please contact me electronically or see my at the maize meeting in Washington UTA PhD thesis GENETIC TRAITS DETERMINING MYCORRHIZAL RESPONSIVENESS IN MAIZE The mutually beneficial arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis occurs between the majority of terrestrial plants and Glomeromycotan fungi. AM fungi enhance the phosphate and nitrogen nutrition of their hosts and receive carbohydrates in return. Plants vary in their responsiveness to AM colonization.
In a novel genetic screen we intend to address traits related to functionality of the symbiosis by examining a collection of genetically diverse maize lines for their responsiveness to mycorrhizal colonization (1, 2). We will concentrate on genotypes displaying high responsiveness to the AM symbiosis in the absence of dependence (3).
Discovery of the molecular mechanisms determining mycorrhizal responsiveness is the aim of the project. The work will include QTL and association mapping combined with molecular investigation of allele diversity of selected genes. The position is available immediately. Our laboratory is located in the Department of Plant Molecular Biology at the University of Lausanne, which provides an international and exciting scientific environment.
A background in molecular biology, genetics and statistics is desirable. Knowledge in plant biology is of advantage.
Lab language: ENGLISH,
University language: FRENCH
Cited references
1. Flint-Garcia, S.A., Thuillet, A.C., Yu, J., Pressoir, G., Romero, S.M., Mitchell, S.E., Doebley, J., Kresovich, S., Goodman, M.M., and Buckler, E.S. (2005). Maize association population: a high-resolution platform for quantitative trait locus dissection.
2. Buckler, E.S., Gaut, B.S., and McMullen, M.D. (2006). Molecular and functional diversity of maize. Curr Opin Plant Biol 9, 172-176 Plant J. 44, 1054-1064
3. Sawers R, Gutjahr C, Paszkowski U (2008) Cereal mycorrhiza: an ancient symbiosis in modern agriculture? Trends Plant Sci in press
Applications should be sent by email to: Uta Paszkowski University of Lausanne, Department of Plant Molecular Biology CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland uta.paszkowski@ unil.ch Uta Paszkowski Université de Lausanne Department de Biologie Moléculaire végétale Biophore, 4403 CH-1015 Lausanne Suisse off: ++41-21-692 4210 cell: ++41-79-780 3055 fax: ++41-21-692 4195 email: uta.paszkowski@ unil.ch
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