From owner-celegans@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Thu Sep 7 21:30:54 2000 Return-Path: Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 110) id 32E6D17A6C; Thu, 7 Sep 2000 21:30:53 +0100 (BST) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 60001) id CDED517AA7; Thu, 7 Sep 2000 21:30:51 +0100 (BST) To: celegans@net.bio.net Newsgroups: bionet.celegans Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 20:22:27 +0100 From: jah@bioch.ox.ac.uk (Jonathan Hodgkin) Subject: (NONE) Organization: BIOSCI/MRC Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre Message-Id: <20000907203051.CDED517AA7@mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk> Sender: owner-celegans@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Precedence: bulk POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS Three postdoctoral positions, funded by the Medical Research Council (UK), are available in the laboratory of Jonathan Hodgkin at the University of Oxford, England. These positions are for the study of interaction between C. elegans and a newly discovered bacterial pathogen, Microbacterium nematophilum. This interaction results in morphogenetic changes to the host, and is therefore relevant to developmental processes as well as to pathogenicity and host-parasite interactions. Both host (C. elegans) and parasite (M. nematophilum) are being subjected to investigation. Numerous infection-resistant C.elegans mutants have been isolated and are being studied. These mutants define at least 16 complementation groups, most of which are novel genes (see recent abstracts, WBG16:1, p38; 12th Int Ce Mtg, Abstract 400; European Ce Mtg 2000, Abstract 58). Applicants should have experience in at least one of the following fields: classical and/or molecular genetics of model organisms, molecular biology, gene cloning, genomic analysis. Experience with C. elegans or with bacterial genetics is desirable but not essential. The positions are available from 1st October 2000, for three years in the first instance. For further details, see the Oxford University Department of Biochemistry website: http://www.bioch.ox.ac.uk/services/admin/br930-info.html --- .