A
Postdoctoral or Project Scientist position (depending on experience) is
immediately available to identify and study chromosome regions
affecting drought tolerance in wheat. This project is part of a five
years National effort to identify wheat loci
linked to water use efficiency, nitrogen use efficiency and disease
resistance (Triticeae CAP http://www.triticeaecap.org/).
The selected candidate is expected to characterize available
Association Mapping and
Nested Association Mapping populations grown under different water
stress conditions using Canopy Spectral Reflectance and other methods.
These populations are being genotyped with a 92,000 wheat SNP chip.
Promising loci will be backcrossed into a uniform
drought susceptible background for future validation. Knowledge of
association mapping analysis tools and software and a good statistics
training are required. Field research experience or previous experience
in drought tolerance is a plus. The selected candidate
is expected to lead and coordinate the activities of a small team (one
technician support person and one student) with limited supervision. The
selected candidate should be able to work in the field and occasionally
travel to the Imperial Valley in California
where replicated experiments are planted. Peaks of field work are
expected during planting and harvest. The selected candidate is expected
to document all information carefully, to enter it in the T3 project
database, and to prepare the first draft of reports
and publications describing these results. Please send your CV, an email
describing your interests and experience and the names of three people
that can provide references Jorge Dubcovsky, email: jdubcovsky@ucdavis.edu.
Position will remain opened until filled.
Jorge Dubcovsky
Dept. Plant Sciences, University of California,
Robbins Hall 122
Davis, CA 95616, USA
Office Phone: (530) 752-5159
Email: jdubcovsky@ucdavis.edu
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