Two post-doctoral fellow positions in plant molecular biology and genomics

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory invites applications for two post-doctoral positions from highly enthusiastic critical thinkers with a desire to explore novel genetic and molecular mechanisms controlling reproductive success in plants and study their role in evolution and domestication.

One successful candidate will expand upon recent discoveries on genes that uniquely control inflorescence production and patterning in the Solanaceae family using a variety of genetic, molecular, genomic, and biochemical approaches. Tomato, with its extensive genetic, genomic, and phenotypic resources will be the primary model as a foray into comparative evolutionary mechanisms underlying how the transition to flowering and hormonal regulation contribute to simple (the single flower inflorescences of pepper and petunia) and complex (the highly branched, multi-flowered inflorescences of tobacco and other wild Solanum) inflorescence structures in non-model species.

The other successful candidate will take advantage of natural variation in tomato and Arabidopsis to investigate multi-genic complex traits involved in heterosis and hybrid break-down. High-resolution quantitative genetics in interspecific introgression lines (ILs) will be used to isolate quantitative trait loci (QTL) contributing to overdominance. Efforts will also be made to identify loci with dosage effects that can cause single gene heterosis. Simultaneously, epistatic genes underlying interspecific reproductive barriers that oppose heterosis by reducing pre- and post-zygotic viability will be isolated and studied in both tomato and Arabidopsis.

Candidates should have expertise in plant molecular biology and genomics and be interested in natural variation, quantitative genetics, and interdisciplinary translational research. A background in the study of hormones, transgenic techniques, and/or modern fluorescent imaging technologies is highly advantageous. Candidates should also show creativity, self-motivation, and have strong communication skills for working in a team environment.

Please send a curriculum vitae, statement of interest and the names and contact information of three references to Dr. Zachary Lippman (lippman@cshl.edu)

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To apply:

Please send a curriculum vitae, statement of interest and the names and contact information of three references to Dr. Zachary Lippman (lippman@cshl.edu)

Dr. Zachary Lippman                                                                                                                                Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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