A postdoctoral position is available to study gene silencing, with emphasis
on hierarchies of homology-based control of anthocyanin gene expression and
resetting/remodeling of chromatin-based states of gene expression in
petunia and arabidopsis.
Applicants should send CV, statement of research accomplishments and
aspirations, and names of three references to Rich Jorgensen, Department of
Plant Sciences, University of Arizona (http://ag.arizona.edu/PLS/ ).
Minimum qualifications: Ph.D. in molecular genetics or related discipline.
Preferred qualifications: Experience in epigenetics, chromatin, and
transgene silencing in plants. Applications accepted until the position is
filled. University of Arizona is an EEO/AA Employer-M/W/D/V.
http://www.arizona.edu/
Recent publications (reprints available on request):
Que, Q, HY Wang, JJ English, RA Jorgensen. 1997. The frequency and degree
of cosuppression by sense chalcone synthase transgenes are dependent on
transgene promoter strength and are reduced by premature nonsense codons in
the transgene coding sequence. Plant Cell 9:1357-1368.
Que, Q, and RA Jorgensen. 1998. Homology-based control of gene expression
patterns in transgenic petunia flowers. Developmental Genetics 22:100-109.
Jorgensen, RA, RG Atkinson, RLS Forster, and WJ Lucas. 1998. An RNA-based
information superhighway in plants? Science 279:1486-1487.
Que, Q, HY Wang, and RA Jorgensen. 1998. Distinct patterns of pigment
suppression are produced by allelic sense and antisense chalcone synthase
transgenes in petunia flowers. Plant Journal, 13: 401-409.
Jorgensen, RA. 1995. Cosuppression, flower color patterns, and metastable
gene expression states. Science 268: 686-691.
Rich Jorgensen
Dept. of Plant Sciences
Forbes 303
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721-0036 USA
raj at ag.arizona.edu
