From ewalker from bio.umass.edu Tue Dec 4 10:12:25 2007 From: ewalker from bio.umass.edu (Elsbeth Walker) Date: Tue Dec 4 11:00:10 2007 Subject: [Photosynthesis] tenure track faculty position University of Massachusetts, Amherst Message-ID: <47556E59.5030208@bio.umass.edu> The Department of Biology at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst is seeking to fill three tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant professor level. One position is in the area of Plant Metabolism. We are seeking a researcher who uses systems biology and/or functional genomic approaches to understanding plant metabolism. The area of research should be relevant to the use of plants for bioenergy, for example, carbon metabolism or biopolymer production by plants The researchers would be expected to participate in a broad multi-disciplinary initiative in Global Change Biology within the Department of Biology. This initiative bridges a group of faculty who use multiple levels of analysis to understand how rapid environmental changes are impacting populations and individual organisms, including: loss of biodiversity, rapid evolution, disruption of physiology, reduced agricultural outputs, and evolution of new pathogens. Postdoctoral experience required Applications, which should include CV, statements of research interest and teaching philosophy, and the names, addresses and e-mails of at least 3 references, should be sent to: Biology Search c/o Ms. Karen Nelson, Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003. It is very important that you reference the position number to which you are applying. Positions to be filled contingent upon funding. The position numbers are as follows: * Ecological Physiology R32351 * Endocrine Disruption R32352 * Plant Metabolism R32353. Evaluation of applications will begin on December 10, 2007 and continue until the positions are filled The University of Massachusetts is an Affirmative Action Equal Opportunity Employer Women and members of minority groups are encouraged to apply. The Biology Department is aggressive in its efforts to hire candidates who will enhance the diversity and general balance of the faculty and the sciences. Also see the original ad in Science at: http://aaas.sciencecareers.org/texis/jobsearch/details.html?id=4741b8194a04620&qField=All&qCity=01003&qSort=date&qMatch=all&pp=20&view=1&page=1 -- Elsbeth L. Walker Associate Professor Biology Department University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003 Voice: 413 545-0861 Fax: 413 545-3243 From d.a.walker from sheffield.ac.uk Wed Dec 19 06:21:40 2007 From: d.a.walker from sheffield.ac.uk (David Walker) Date: Thu Dec 20 10:45:55 2007 Subject: [Photosynthesis] Glucose is no more a product Message-ID: Forgive me for returning to an old theme that I have troubled you with in the past. For half a century or more, it has been clear that the path of starch synthesis in chloroplasts starts with triose phosphates and progresses to polymer formation via glucose-1-P rather than free glucose. Glucose is no more a product of carbon assimilation by illuminated chloroplasts than is sucrose. So, why do textbooks insist that it is?. If you wish to read a recent article about this you can find it by pasting DOI 10.1007/s11120-007-9139-3 into Google Best Christmas wishes >From David Alan Walker, FRS; Emeritus Professor of Photosynthesis, University of Sheffield, UK. http://www.oxygraphics.co.uk/ http://www.peerlesspublications.co.uk/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/photosyn/attachments/20071219/62abeb57/attachment.html