post-doc positions at the John Innes Centre

[COUPLANDG at JII.AFRC.AC.UK]

		POST-DOC POSITIONS AT THE JOHN INNES CENTRE

The following post-doc positions are available to work on Arabidopsis at 
the John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK.

Analysis of expression of the CONSTANS (CO) gene

Mutations at the CO locus cause a pronounced late-flowering phenotype and 
are partially dominant. We used chromosome walking to isolate the gene 
(Putterill et al (1993) MGG 239:145-157) and finally identified it by 
molecular complementation and the sequencing of alleles. An AFRC funded 
post-doc position is now available to analyse the expression of CO in 
wild-type plants, and to examine the effect on CO expression of other 
mutations that affect flowering time.

Transposon tagging

We used the Ac/Ds system for transposon tagging in Arabidopsis (Swinburne 
et al (1992) Plant Cell 4:583-595; Long et al (1993) PNAS 90:10370-10374). 
We have now identified several tagged mutations in these populations and 
are analysing the affected genes in several cases. An AFRC funded post-doc 
position is now available to use Ac/Ds to inactivate ORFs identified as 
part of the EC-funded genomic sequencing programme, and to examine the 
effect of these insertions on phenotype.

Both of these positions are available immediately and further information 
can be obtained from:

George Coupland, John Innes Centre, Colney Lane, Norwich, UK.

FAX (603)505725   TEL (603) 52571

E-mail  couplandg at uk.ac.afrc.jii