Dear Colleagues,
Please circulate to potential graduate students.
A funded Ph.D. position is available immediately to work with me,
Dan Herms, and other collaborators on a project that will use
metabolomic and proteomic approaches coupled with field studies.
The project will be a test of a new ecological
model that integrates the phenomenon of pathogen-induced systemic
resistance with the growth/differentiation balance hypothesis (Bonello
et al. 2006) in tripartite systems that include Austrian pine
(Pinus nigra), the blight and canker pathogen Diplodia
pinea, and two pestiferous insects, the pine engraver (Ips
pini) and the European pine sawfly (Neodiprion
sertifer).
Prospective candidates should have an
excellent undergraduate record in the biological, ecological, or
agricultural sciences. A master degree in tree pathology,
entomology, or chemical ecology is strongly preferred.
Interested students should verify their
records against our admission requirements
(http://plantpath.osu.edu/graduate-programs/prospective-students/graduate-funding-and-faqs) before contacting me directly for
information regarding the project.
Thank you!
Enrico
Bonello, P., T. R. Gordon, D. A.
Herms, D. L. Wood, and N. Erbilgin. 2006. Nature and ecological
implications of pathogen-induced systemic resistance in conifers: A
novel hypothesis. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology
68, 95-104
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Pierluigi (Enrico) Bonello,
Assoc. Professor
Dept. of Plant
Pathology
The Ohio State
University
201 Kottman Hall
2021 Coffey Road
Columbus, OH 43210
Tel: (614) 688-5401
Lab: (614) 688-5409
Fax: (614) 292-4455
http://plantpath.osu.edu/faculty-and-staff/faculty-directory/bonello-pierluigi-enrico/
Environmental Science Graduate
Program (ESGP)
http://esgp.osu.edu/
Plant Molecular Biology and
Biotechnology Program (PMBB)
http://pmbb.osu.edu/