| Brachypodium Positions |
| CSIRO-Canberra, Australia |
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CSIRO in collaboration with the USDA-ARS is offering three positions- two Postdoctoral Fellowships and a PhD scholarship- to join an international team applying the recently sequenced grass genetic model Brachypodium to developing more efficient food and biofuel crops. Successful candidates will be based at the Black Mountain Laboratories in Canberra, Australia, and have access to state-of-the-art plant measurement technologies at the High Resolution Plant Phenomics Centre in Canberra. They will be part of an international team with Dr. John Vogel and the USDA-ARS in Albany, California. The positions are well-resourced with technical support and funding from the Australian Grains Research and Development Corporation and the US Department of Energy. The research team has access to a diverse collection of natural, mutagenised and transformed genotypes of Brachypodium, and has conducted a detailed analysis of Brachypodium sequenced line Bd21 shoot and root system development to provide the baseline for identifying genotypic variation. See http://www.brachypodium.org/ for information on Brachypodium. 1) Postdoctoral Fellow - Plant Biologist or Root Biologist The successful applicant will use Brachypodium to identify genomic regions associated with root architecture traits that increase water and nutrient uptake in wheat. Wheat lines with diverse architectures have already been identified. (International applicants)
Contact: Michelle.Watt@csiro.au 2) Postdoctoral fellow - Plant physiology or molecular biology The role of this person is to phenotype diverse genotypes of Brachypodium for variation in traits valuable for biofuel and food crops. These include rapid shoot growth, high tillering, high photosynthetic rates and good water and nutrient use efficiency. (International applicants)
Contact: Robert.Furbank@csiro.au 3) PhD Student - Plant Biologist/ Plant Pathologist The goal of this PhD studentship is to apply Brachypodium to identify tolerance or resistance mechanisms to key root diseases of wheat. (Australian applicants only)
Contact: Michelle.Watt@csiro.au These three positions provide strong career development, high chance for novel discovery for publications, and opportunities to attend international conferences. Deadline for all applications: November 8 2009. |