From owner-dros@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Thu Apr 12 23:32:08 2001 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1FD117A59 for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2001 23:32:07 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AE3D17ABE for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2001 23:32:06 +0100 (BST) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 6020) id 1D9DE17A59; Thu, 12 Apr 2001 23:32:02 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEAEA17A94 for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2001 20:22:09 +0100 (BST) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 60001) id A046A17A8A; Thu, 12 Apr 2001 20:22:06 +0100 (BST) To: bionet-drosophila@net.bio.net From: kate@rice.edu (Kathleen Beckingham) Newsgroups: bionet.drosophila Subject: POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS Organization: Rice University Message-ID: <3AD60055.ACF5E589@rice.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------0779FADE2290B15F7AFCF9E3" X-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id A480C17A94 for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2001 20:22:04 +0100 (BST) X-Received: from moe.rice.edu (moe.rice.edu [128.42.5.4]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2055717A8A for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2001 20:22:00 +0100 (BST) X-Received: from twig.ruf.rice.edu (twig.ruf.rice.edu [128.42.31.105]) by moe.rice.edu (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id OAA19741 for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2001 14:21:58 -0500 (CDT) X-Received: from rice.edu (kate.bioc.rice.edu [128.42.25.196]) by twig.ruf.rice.edu (8.11.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id f3CJLvb29304 for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2001 14:21:58 -0500 (CDT) X-Reply-To: kate@rice.edu X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73C-CCK-MCD {C-UDP; EBM-APPLE} (Macintosh; U; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en X-To: dros@net.bio.net Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 23:32:02 +0100 (BST) Sender: owner-dros@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Precedence: bulk --------------0779FADE2290B15F7AFCF9E3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit TWO POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS in Dr. Kate Beckingham's laboratory at Rice University. One position is for studies of gravity sensing in Drosophila. Gravity is an all-pervasive force and yet we know very little of the mechanisms used to sense and respond to gravity. We have conducted a large screen to identify mutants defective in gravity sensing. We have isolated about 60 mutants and have cloned the affected genes in 25 of these mutants. In addition to genes with roles in neuronal signaling and modeling many novel genes are included in this set. There are many possible projects to pursue from our work on this unexplored aspect of Drosophila behavior. A second position is for studies of calcium signaling in Drosophila. Calcium is a critical uiquitous messenger in mulitcellular organisms and Drosophila offers unique possibilities for genetic dissection of the roles of calcium in the development and physiology of a complex multicellular organism. We are investigating the roles of both the ubiquitous calcium sensor calmodulin and a testis-specific calcium binding protein Androcam. Rice University has a beautiful campus and is immediately adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. There are more than a dozen Drosophila labs in the four academic insitutions (Rice, Baylor, MD Anderson and UT Medical School) around the MedCenter and therefore a lively community of Drosophila resources is available. Please contact Kate Beckingham (kate@bioc.rice.edu or phone #713-348-4016) for further information --------------0779FADE2290B15F7AFCF9E3 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit TWO POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS in Dr. Kate Beckingham's laboratory at Rice University.
One position is for studies of gravity sensing in Drosophila. Gravity is an all-pervasive force and
yet we know very little of the mechanisms used to sense and respond to gravity.  We have conducted a large
screen to identify mutants defective in gravity sensing.  We have isolated about 60 mutants and have cloned
the affected genes in 25 of these mutants.  In addition to genes with roles in neuronal signaling and
modeling many novel genes are included in this set.   There are many possible projects to pursue from our
work on this unexplored aspect of Drosophila behavior.
A second position is for studies of calcium signaling in Drosophila.  Calcium is a critical uiquitous messenger in mulitcellular organisms and Drosophila offers unique possibilities for genetic dissection of the roles of calcium in the development and physiology of a complex multicellular organism.  We are investigating the roles of both the ubiquitous calcium sensor calmodulin and a testis-specific calcium binding protein Androcam.

Rice University has a beautiful campus and is immediately adjacent to the Texas Medical Center.  There are more than a dozen Drosophila labs in the four academic insitutions (Rice, Baylor, MD Anderson and UT Medical School) around the MedCenter and therefore a lively community of Drosophila resources is available.
Please contact  Kate Beckingham (kate@bioc.rice.edu  or phone #713-348-4016) for further information --------------0779FADE2290B15F7AFCF9E3-- --- .