POST-DOCTORAL POSITION AVAILABLE FOR A SONGBIRD GENE CHIP PROJECT:

The project involves creating cDNA libraries of songbirds vocally communicating in different social context and under different developmental states, and using this library to create cDNA microarrays to ask questions about vocal learning and vocal communication. The project involves collaboration with the Duke University Center for Genome Technology. The Center has a cDNA microarrayer capable of spotting 10,000 cDNAs per slide in under 10 hrs, robotic colony picker, robotic DNA isolation workstation, and robotic high-throughput DNA sequence analyzer. The project involves cutting edge technology and is expected to yield significant insight into molecular pathways of brain function during behavior. See related announcement in the September 21st issue of Nature or at Nature Jobs Online.

For more information, please contact:

Dr. Erich D. Jarvis

Assistant Professor

Department of Neurobiology, Box 3209

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina 27710

(919) 681-1680 Phone

(919) 681-0877 Fax

jarvis@neuro.duke.edu