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A multi-institutional collaboration recently published the paper, "Genomewide SNP variation reveals relationships among landraces and modern varieties of rice" in PNAS. The study characterized 160,000 nonredundant SNPs, which were used to evaluate the genotypic and evolutionary relationships among 20 varieties and landraces of rice.

Two Fellowship opportunities will be available for 2010 to carry out research on conservation and use of Plant Genetic Resources. One of the Fellowships is supported by the Grains Research and Development Corporation, Australia.

Applications are invited from nationals of developing countries, aged 35 or under, holding a masters degree (or equivalent) and/or doctorate in a relevant subject area.

Deadline for applications: 8 November 2009.

Position Title:    Research Associate (Post Doc)

The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology has an immediate opening for a Research Associate (Post Doc) to work on a cereal plant genome wide gene expression analysis.  This is a full-time, (1.0 FTE), 12-month, fixed-term position working in Jaiswal lab.

TAIR Workshop II: TAIR, PMN, Gramene and SGN workshop: focus on comparative genomics and new tools
Time: Monday July 20, 7:00-8:30 pm
Speakers: Philippe Lamesch, A.S. Karthikeyan, Lukas Mueller, Pankaj Jaiswal

A few years ago Greg Wilson, a student in the McCouch Lab at Cornell University, developed a web-based marker search tool called CHARM which greatly simplifies the search for rice SSR markers in a region of interest.

The Gramene Genetic Diversity curator, Genevieve DeClerck, traveled to USDA-ARS Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center (DB NRRC) in Stuttgart, AR June 15-17, 2009.

The Plant Ontology Consortium (www.plantontology.org) is seeking applicants for a full-time position of scientific curator who will coordinate the Consortium’s efforts. The Plant Ontology Consortium is a collaboration among researchers at Oregon State University, Cornell University and New York Botanical Garden. The project is funded by the National Science Foundation.

A new and improved Gramene Genetic Diversity website was rolled out today. The major goal of the overhaul was to increase database browsability, which the new 'Database summary' table achieves nicely by offering an overview of data for each species as well as hyperlinks to the data sets themselves. Also new is an area called 'Basic Search' where we will be creating guided searches in order to expand the search options available to users.

Molecular and Cellular Biology graduate program of the Oregon State University (OSU) is organizing a Bioinformatics, Genomics and Systems Biology symposium and workshop on June 17-18, 2009. Researchers, students and postdocs living in and/or visiting the area are invited to attend the workshop. Follow the workshop link http://mcbworkshop.cgrb.oregonstate.edu for more details.

The USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Plant Science Research Unit in St. Paul, Minnesota is seeking a POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, (Research Geneticist Plants) for a TWO YEAR APPOINTMENT (the appointment may be extended up to a total of 4years without further competition).  Ph.D. is required. Salary is commensurate with experience ($59,631 - $77,515 per annum) plus benefits.  Citizenship restrictions apply.