Ph.D. position in Seed Biology - Arabidopsis€¦ · 2015 • Kawashima T., Maruyama D., Shagirov...

Ph.D.positioninSeedBiologyAPh.D.positionisnowavailableinseedbiologyattheUniversityofKentucky,focusingondynamiccellular movement during plant fertilization and seed development. We use advance live-cellimaging technologies and cell marker lines to visualize real-time seed developmental processesoccurringinsidethematernaltissue(Kawashimaetal.2014andKawashimaandBerger,2015).Thestudent will investigate cytoskeleton dynamics and its importance during fertilization and/orendospermdevelopment.Abasicmolecularorcellbiologybackground(knowledgeandexperience)isamust,butbotanybackground isnotrequired.AnM.S.degree isnotrequiredforthisposition,either.Tuition,healthcare,andstipendwillbefullycoveredbythedepartment.TheacceptedapplicantcanbeginthepositionstartinginJanuaryorAugust2017.PleasecontactDr.Tomokazu Kawashima (tomo.k@uky.edu)with a single PDF file including a cover letter describingyour research interest, a CV, and the contact information of at least two referees. Moredetailedinformation about the Ph.D. application procedure will be provided to the applicantthrough further communications. If you would like to start the program in January 2017, pleasecontactDr.Kawashimaassoonaspossible.TheUniversityofKentuckyislocatedattheheartofLexington,Kentucky,knownasthe“HorseCapitaloftheWorld”,withmanynaturereservesandparkswithinthecity.Thecampus,airport,andresidentialareaarewithina20minutedriveaway.Moreinformationaboutthelab:http://pss.ca.uky.edu/person/tomokazu-kawashimaSelectedpublicationsrelatedtothisposition:

• GoohK,UedaM,ArugaK,ParkJ,ArataH,HigashiyamaT,KuriharaD.Live-cellimagingandopticalmanipulationofArabidopsisearlyembryogenesis.DevelopmentalCell34:242-512015.

• KawashimaT.andBergerF.CentralcellnuclearpositionatthemicropylarendismaintainedbythebalanceofF-actindynamics,butdispensableforkaryogamy.PlantReproduction28:103-110,2015

• MaruyamaD.,VölzR.,TakeuchiH.,MoriT.,IgawaT.,KuriharaD.,KawashimaT.,TiedemannS.,UedaM.,ItohM.,MasaakiU.,NishikawaS.,Groß-HardtR.andHigashiyamaT.Rapideliminationofthepersistentsynergidthroughacellfusionmechanism.Cell161:907-918,2015

• KawashimaT.,MaruyamaD.,ShagirovM.,LiJ.,HamamuraY.,YelagandulaR.,ToyamaY.,BergerF.DynamicF-actinmovementisessentialforfertilizationinArabidopsisthaliana.eLife2014;3:e04501,2014

F-acinintheArabidopsisfemalegamete,thecentralcell(cyan)HonorableMention,NikonSmallWorld2013PhotographyCompetitionhttp://www.nikonsmallworld.com/people/image/tomokazu-kawashima/1