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Post-doctoral position INRA Dijon FRANCE
POST-DOC position
A one-year post-doctoral position is offered in our laboratory in Dijon, France (http://www. dijon.inra.fr/pme) in the field of : OPTIMISATION OF SULPHUR ASSIMILATION IN LEGUMES The project is aimed at the optimisation of sulphur assimilation by legumes, whose seeds constitute an important protein source for human and livestock diets. Sulphur deficiency is an emerging problem in European agriculture, due to improved emission controls, and sulphur nutrition is also crucial in determining seed composition. The focus will be on the interaction between the model legume Medicago truncatula and the fungal endomycorrhizal symbiont Glomus intraradices, and the role this may play in promoting sulphate acquisition by the plant. The development of wild-type plants will be compared with that of plants mutant for sulphate transporters, with and without inoculation by G. intraradices, and with variation of sulphur supply. The ability of the putative transporters to transport sulphur will be tested via complementation of a corresponding yeast mutant. The objectives are a better understanding of the role of endomycorrhizal symbioses in sulphate acquisition and transport by legumes, and a characterization of the sulphate transporters likely to be important for seed protein accumulation. A range of techniques will be employed, from high-resolution proteomics, through transcriptomics, and S- flux measurements. The outcome of the project should be to provide new insights into the management of inputs for sustainable agriculture. The candidate has to be non French citizen and less then 35 on the 31 of December 2009. Position start: September-October 2009 For further information, please contact : Professeur Daniel Wipf UMR INRA 1088/CNRS 5184/ Université de Bourgogne Plante-Microbe-Environnement BP 86510 21065 DIJON Cedex France TÈl : + 33 3 80 69 34 52 Fax : + 33 3 80 69 37 53 http://www.dijon.inra.fr/pme http://www.dijon.inra.fr/cmse/ http://www.u-bourgogne.fr/vegedijon -- Dr. Richard D.Thompson INRA Unité Mixte de Recherches en Génétique et Ecophysiologie des légumineuses à graines (UMRLEG) BP 86510, F-21065 DIJON FRANCE Tel (00)33-380-693-141 Fax(00)33-380-693-263 http://www.dijon.inra.fr/urleg/ http://www.inra.fr/gap/english/index.htm |
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