I am recruiting to an open 3 year post-doctoral position on the origin of apical growth in plants. The project is collaborative and will involve:

1. Moss mutagenesis and a screen for mutants with defective sporangia
2. Establishment of a method for Selaginella transgenesis using extensive preliminary data to guide experiments
   
3. Reverse genetic analysis of Selaginella CLAVATA gene function.

There is more information about the project and how to apply here, and please do get in touch with me on Jill.Harrison@bristol.ac.uk if you would like to discuss the role.

Would you like to identify genes enabling the origin of apical growth?

 Very excited to be able to advertise a post-doc opening to join a HFSP project on the origin of apical growth in vascular plants. The project focusses on lycophytes, and ties together analyses of fossil and living lycophyte morphology with transcriptomic and developmental and genetic studies. It will involve collaboration with partners in Edinburgh (Sandy Hetherington), Kyoto (Rieko Fujinami), and Ghent (Tom Beeckman), and some exchange between labs. Work in my lab will identify genes initiating sporangium development and test the role of candidate regulators of lycophyte apical growth. The closing date is 6th March 2024, and I’m happy to take any questions about it by e-mail. There is more information on this link.