Graduate Research Assistantships are available through the University of
Florida Interdepartmental Program in Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology
(PMCB). Faculty are affiliated with the Departments of Agronomy, Botany,
Environmental Horticulture, Forestry, Horticultural Sciences, Microbiology
and Cell Science, and Plant Pathology. Entering Ph.D. or M.S. students
participate in a 6-9 month rotation program before selecting a permanent
faculty advisor. Assistantships without rotation may also be available
through direct application to PMCB faculty members. Faculty research
interests include genome organization and mapping; chromatin structure; gene
structure and regulation; plant responses to the environment; organelle
genetics and biogenesis; plant growth and development; plant cell culture,
regeneration and transformation; and plant-microbe interactions.
For information contact Dr. L. Curt Hannah, Graduate Coordinator, PMCB
Program, C/O Horticultural Sciences Department, P.O. Box 110690, University
of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0690; phone 352-392-1928 ext. 315; e-mail
pmcb at gnv.ifas.ufl.edu; http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/~PMCB/index.htm.
*************************************************************************
Christine D. Chase
Associate Professor, Horticultural Sciences Dept.
Box 110690
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-0690
Tel: 352-392-1928 ext. 316
Fax: 352-392-6479
e-mail: ctdc at gnv.ifas.ufl.edu
