The USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Cereal Disease Laboratory in St. Paul Minnesota, is seeking a POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, (Research Geneticist Plants/Research Plant Pathologist) for a TWO YEAR APPOINTMENT. Ph.D. is required. Salary is commensurate with experience (GS11, $59,631- $77,515 per annum) plus benefits. Citizenship restrictions apply. The incumbent will conduct coalescence and phylogenetic analyses with sequence and microsatellite allele data from world-wide collections of Puccinia triticina, the wheat leaf rust fungus. The objective of the research is to determine the time of divergence between the distinct groups of P. triticina from common wheat and durum wheat hosts and also between distinct groups from common wheat. The incumbent will also assist in crossing P. triticina isolates from common wheat with isolates from durum wheat in order to develop a segregating population to be used in mapping genes that condition host specificity. Knowledge of molecular biology techniques, evolutionary biology and coalescence analysis is highly desirable.

Refer to http://www.afm.ars.usda.gov/divisions/hrd/hrdhomepage/vacancy/pd962.html for further information on Postdoctoral Research Associate Jobs, for complete application instructions, and the full text announcement (RA-10-006-H). Send application materials and references to Dr. James Kolmer, USDA/ARS, Cereal Disease Laboratory, 1551 Lindig Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108 or e-mail (jim.kolmer@ars.usda.gov). USDA/ARS is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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