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Genome Evolution, Innovation and Adaptation in the
Apicomplexa. NIH-funded postdoctoral associate positions are
available in the Kissinger Research Group to study the evolution of
the apicomplexan genome. The Apicomplexa are a phylum of unicellular
eukaryotic parasitic organisms that are responsible for some of the
world's worst diseases, like malaria. >15 genome sequences are
available and more are in progress. Evolution of these genomes is
dominated by differential gene loss and also gene acquisition via
intracellular and lateral gene transfer.
Research experience in molecular evolution, genomics, or bioinformatics is required. An ability to work in some flavor of UNIX and program in PERL or JAVA is preferred but not required. Experience with protists is a plus, but not required. Our group offers an interactive environment for research training. We are a highly interdisciplinary research group with interests ranging from wet lab studies of gene expression and non-coding RNAs to the development of tools for the efficient integration of diverse genomic and functional genomic data types. The University of Georgia has an Institute of Bioinformatics and a centralized Research Computing Center with several powerful computer clusters. For more information about our research group, please visit: http://mango.ctegd.uga.edu/jkissingLab/ Interested applicants should send a curriculum vitae and three letters of reference to: Dr. Jessica Kissinger University of Georgia 500 D. W. Brooks Drive Rm 335 Paul D. Coverdell Center Athens, GA 30602-7394 or email to jkissing@uga.edu. The positions are available immediately. Selected Publications Mullapudi, N., Lancto, C., Abrahamsen, M., Kissinger, J.C. (2007) Identification of putative cis-regulatory elements in Cryptosporidium parvum by de novo pattern finding. BMC Genomics 2007, 8:13 Aurrecoechea, C., Heiges, M., Wang, H., Wang, Z., Fischer, S., Rhodes, P., Miller, J., Kraemer E., Stoeckert, C.J., Roos, D.S. and Kissinger, J.C. (2007) ApiDB: Integrated Resources for the Apicomplexan Bioinformatics Resource Center. Nucleic Acids Research 35:D427-430 Wang, H., Su, Y., Mackey, A., Kraemer, E., and Kissinger, J.C. (2006) SynView: A GBrowse-compatible Approach to Visualizing Comparative Genome Data. Huang, J., N. Mullapudi, C.A. Lancto, M. Scott, M.S. Abrahamsen and Kissinger J.C. (2004) Cryptosporidium parvum: Phylogenomic evidence for organelle loss, intracellular and horizontal gene transfer. Genome Biology 5(11):R88 Striepen,B., A.J.P. Pruijssers, J. Huang, C. Li, M.J. Gubbels, N.N. Umejiego, L. Hedstrom and J.C. Kissinger. (2004) Multiple gene transfers in the evolution of parasite nucleotide biosynthesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 101(9):3154-3159. |
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