Post-doctoral fellowship - RNAi maize fungal pathogen
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About this position
Post-doctoral fellowship 2020-2021 (Download PDF)
The Molecular Plant-Pathogen Interactions (MPPI) research group led by Prof. Dave Berger is affiliated with the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) and the Department of Plant & Soil Sciences at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
The MPPI research group has an on-going research project on grey leaf spot (GLS) disease of maize caused by the fungal pathogen Cercospora zeina. GLS is a threat to food security in sub-Saharan Africa.
A Postdoctoral Fellowship to investigate RNAi in C. zeina is available from January 2020 (see attached advert for more details). Applications should be addressed to [email protected] .