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-fu…) 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 -- ----------------------------------------- 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-pierlu… Environmental Science Graduate Program (ESGP) http://esgp.osu.edu/ Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Program (PMBB) http://pmbb.osu.edu/