Graduate Student Assistantship, Plant-Pathogen Interactions
John M. McDowell
Dr. John McDowell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
Blackburg VA.
I have an opening in the summer or fall of 2000 for a Ph.D. student who is
interested in genetic, molecular, and/or evolutionary aspects of
plant-microbe interactions. I study the interaction of Arabidopsis with a
downy mildew pathogen, and I am interested in how plants recognize
pathogens, how novel recognition functions evolve, and how the recognition
signals are transduced into defense deployment. Virginia Tech is among the
top 50 US research universities in terms of federal funding, and is rapidly
expanding in the areas of biological sciences and biotechnology. My lab is
housed in the recently constructed Fralin Biotechnology Center
(http://www.biotech.vt.edu/). Blacksburg is located in an attractive
mountain setting and contains all of the standard college town amenities as
well as exceptional outdoor recreation opportunities (http://www.bev.net/).
Interested individuals should contact John McDowell, joh...@vt.edu,
540-231-2388.
Dr. John M. McDowell
Dept. of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science
Fralin Biotechnology Center (0346)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0346
email joh...@vt.edu
phone 540-231-2388
fax 540-231-7126
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