From owner-drosophila@net.bio.net Wed Aug 28 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!news.cc.ic.ac.uk!gtm1.bc.ic.ac.uk!user From: g.tear@ic.ac.uk (Guy Tear) Newsgroups: bionet.drosophila Subject: postdoc position in London Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 11:03:32 +0100 Organization: Imperial College, London Lines: 26 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: gtm1.bc.ic.ac.uk POSTDOCTORAL POSITION TO STUDY MECHANISMS OF AXON GUIDANCE A postdoctoral position is available for two years, initially, with a start date which can be as early as 1 Oct 1996. Our research interest is to identify the molecular mechanisms which guide axons to their targets in the central nervous system. A number of mutations have been isolated which result in defects in the development of the CNS axon pathways (Neuron 10 409). We are presently cloning a number of the genes identified in this mutagenesis. One of the genes we identified, commissureless, has been cloned and revealed to encode a novel protein with an unusual signalling mechanism whereby the protein is transferred from midline glia to commissural neurons (Neuron 16 501). We are currently investigating how this transfer takes place and the nature of the signal it relays. If you are interested in participating in these or similar projects please contact: Dr Guy Tear Department of Biochemistry Imperial College Exhibition Road London SW7 2AY United Kingdom FAX: (44) 171 594 5207 email: g.tear@ic.ac.uk .