From owner-dros@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Sun Jan 20 16:47:08 2002 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72D1517A7C for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 16:47:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EAB817A87 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 16:47:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 6020) id 5CBD017A7C; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 16:47:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id C212317B3A for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2002 21:48:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 60001) id B54A317ADD; Fri, 18 Jan 2002 21:48:55 +0000 (GMT) To: bionet-drosophila@net.bio.net From: sink@saturn.med.nyu.edu (Helen Sink) Newsgroups: bionet.drosophila Subject: Two Postdoctoral Positions Available Organization: Skirball Institute Message-ID: <20020118214852.6106017B32@mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; x-mac-creator=4D4F5353; x-mac-type=54455854; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90F0717B3A for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2002 21:48:53 +0000 (GMT) X-Received: from velsheda.med.nyu.edu (velsheda.med.nyu.edu [128.122.2.133]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6106017B32 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2002 21:48:52 +0000 (GMT) X-To: dros@net.bio.net X-Reply-To: sink@saturn.med.nyu.edu X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 (Macintosh; U; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 16:47:04 +0000 (GMT) Sender: owner-dros@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Two postdoctoral fellow positions are available to join ongoing projects in the areas of axon guidance and muscle formation. (i) The IgSF protein Sidestep is involved in the formation of the Drosophila motor projection, where it acts as a strong attractant for motor axons (Cell 2001, 105: 57-67). (ii) Hibris is also an IgSF protein and is involved in myoblast fusion, muscle attachment site recognition, and eye development. In muscle its function is mediated in part through interacting with the myoblast attraction factor Kirre/Duf (Development 2001, 128:4265-76). We are using molecular genetic and classical genetic approaches for characterizing the functions of these proteins, and for identifying the molecular pathways in which they are involved. Applicants should have a PhD degree and experience in molecular biology, cell biology or genetics. The successful applicants will join a laboratory that is in the Molecular Neurobiology Program at the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine. The Skirball Institute is a supportive and interactive environment for carrying out the proposed work, with other research groups actively investigating issues in development using Drosophila, mice, zebrafish, Xenopus and C.elegans as model organisms. To apply please send CV (with contact information for 3 referees) to me directly: Dr. Helen Sink Molecular Neurobiology Program, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine. New York University Medical Center, 540 First Avenue, New York, New York 10016 USA e-mail: sink@saturn.med.nyu.edu --- .