We seek two highly motivated scientists to work in a dynamic plant genetics and genomics laboratory. One candidate is expected to work on functional diversification of duplicate genes and genomes, and another candidate will work on genetic and epigenetic mechanisms for non-additive gene regulation in Arabidopsis allopolyploids. The projects are funded by the NIH and NSF (http://polyploidy.tamu.edu).

Successful candidates should have a Ph.D. in Genetics, Plant Biology, Plant Biochemistry or Computational Biology with a solid training in Mendelian genetics or evolutionary genetics Demonstrated interest in genome evolution and epigenetic regulation of gene expression will likely be helpful, as will technical skills in DNA sequence analysis, RNA detection, protein assays, RNA interference, microarrays, computational analysis of genomic and microarray data. The positions are available immediately. Salary is competitive with experience.

Interested candidates should send a brief statement of career goals and a copy of curriculum vitae including names and addresses of three references via email to: Z. Jeffrey Chen (zjchen@mail.utexas.edu).

The Chen lab recently moved to the section of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology (http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/MCDB/) and the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology (http://www.icmb.utexas.edu/). There will be excellent opportunities for postdoctoral fellows and graduate students to interact with faculty and students among dynamic research groups in the MCDB, Integrative Biology (http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/IB/), and the Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (http://ccbb.biosci.utexas.edu/). Please visit http://www.utexas.edu for more information about the university and living in Austin.

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