Post-doctoral position: regulation of soybean cysteine synthesis

A postdoctoral position, funded for three years, is open in the laboratory of Dr. Alice Harmon located in the beautiful new Cancer and Genetics Research Complex at the University of Florida in Gainesville. The successful candidate will begin work no later than January 2, 2007. The salary is $35,000 a year and includes health insurance.

The project will examine the role of GmSerat2;1 (Glycine max serine acetyltransferase 2;1) in cysteine synthesis, sulfur metabolism, and stress responses. This enzyme is one of four soybean serat genes, and it is phosphorylated and regulated by calcium-dependent protein kinase (Fenglong Liu, Byung-Chun Yoo, Jung-Youn Lee, Wei Pan, and Alice C. Harmon, “Calcium-regulated phosphorylation of soybean serine acetyltransferase in response to oxidative stress” J. Biol. Chem., Jul 2006; doi:10.1074/jbc.M604548200, published online July 17). Experience in DNA cloning and protein techniques, including enzyme assays, protein purification, and protein-protein interaction, is desirable.

To apply, please send a C.V. and contact information for three referees to Alice Harmon at harmon@ufl.edu. Additional information is available via email or by calling 352-273-8096.