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Postdoctoral Position as posted on Postdoc Jobs website:

http://www.PostdocJobs.com
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A postdoctoral position, funded by an NIH grant, is available
immediately for a period of 2-3 years to study the molecular basis for
sex-specific gene activity in the mosquito larva. The successful
candidate should have experience in a wide range of molecular
techniques. Gene transfer in both Drosophila and Ae. aegypti is being
used to map the regulatory DNA sequences of a female-specific storage
protein (hexamerin) gene. Putative binding sites for transcription
factors known to regulate sex- and fat body-specific transcription in
other insects will tested. Both in vivo and in vitro techniques will
be applied to determine if sex-specific regulation is achieved by
similar mechanisms in higher (Drosophila) and lower (mosquitoes)
Diptera. The identification of regulatory DNA sequences determining
female-specific gene activity in the mosquito larva will then be used
in the development of novel mosquito control strategies.

Information about this and other research projects in the Beneš
laboratory can be found at .

Interested candidates should send a c.v., statement of research
interests, and names and contact information for three references to
Dr. Helen Beneš, Dept. of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of
Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Slot 510, 4301 West Markham St., Little
Rock, AR 72205.

For more information, please visit the postdocjobs.com website:

http://www.PostdocJobs.com

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