HortResearch is a large New Zealand biological research institute
focusing on products in the horticultural area. The institute has
state of the art facilities for conducting molecular research on
plants including growth rooms, transgenic glasshouses and excellent
laboratory facilities. The insititute runs a large genomics programme
focusing on nutritional, flavour, disease and developmental genomics
of fruit. This is fuelled by a significant EST programme in apple,
kiwifruit and berryfruit coupled with major efforts in microarrays,
mapping and proteomics within these species.
HortResearch is seeking to employ a PhD scientist in the area of
plant development - specialising in the area of fruit or flower
development of model and horticultural crops. Skills in molecular
biology, plant developmental biology and microarray analysis would be
useful. Please checkout our website - http://www.hortresearch.co.nz
for more information please apply with a CV and a cover letter to
Richard Newcomb (rnewcomb at hortresearch.co.nz)
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Dr Richard D. Newcomb
Science Leader, Plant Health and Development Group
The Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Ltd.
(HortResearch), Mt Albert Research Centre, 120 Mt Albert Road,
Private Bag 92-169 Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
phone: +64-9-8154200 Ext 7294
fax: +64-9-8154227
email: rnewcomb at hortresearch.co.nz
web: http://www.hortresearch.co.nz
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