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<SPAN class=SpellE>forward</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>genetic</SPAN> <SPAN
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<SPAN class=SpellE>of</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>Ecology</SPAN> <SPAN
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Ferrante </SPAN></FONT></B><FONT size=4><SPAN
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Supervisor: Marina <SPAN class=SpellE>Montresor</SPAN>
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<SPAN class=SpellE>PhD</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>position</SPAN> <SPAN
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<SPAN class=SpellE>Dohrn</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>to</SPAN> <SPAN
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<SPAN class=SpellE>screen</SPAN> in <SPAN class=SpellE>the</SPAN> <SPAN
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<SPAN class=SpellE>Candidates</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>with</SPAN> <SPAN
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class=SpellE>applicants</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>with</SPAN> experimental
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<SPAN class=SpellE>PhD</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>project</SPAN> <SPAN
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class=SpellE>on</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>the</SPAN> marine <SPAN
class=SpellE>diatom</SPAN> </SPAN></FONT><I><FONT
face=UPVHUX+TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: UPVHUX+TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT; mso-bidi-font-family: UPVHUX+TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT">Pseudo-<SPAN
class=SpellE>nitzschia</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>multistriata</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></I><FONT
face=SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-bidi-font-family: SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT">,
a <SPAN class=SpellE>species</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>that</SPAN> can be
<SPAN class=SpellE>isolated</SPAN> in <SPAN class=SpellE>the</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>Gulf</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>of</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>Naples</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>and</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>whose</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>ecology</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>and</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>life</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>cycle</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>have</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>been</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>investigated</SPAN>.
</SPAN></FONT><I><FONT face=UPVHUX+TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT color=black
size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: UPVHUX+TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT; mso-bidi-font-family: UPVHUX+TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT">Pseudo-<SPAN
class=SpellE>nitzschia</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>multistriata</SPAN>
</SPAN></FONT></I><SPAN class=SpellE><FONT face=SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT
color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-bidi-font-family: SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT">belongs</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT
face=SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-bidi-font-family: SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT">
<SPAN class=SpellE>to</SPAN> a <SPAN class=SpellE>group</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>of</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>toxic</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>species</SPAN>, <SPAN class=SpellE>being</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>able</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>to</SPAN> produce <SPAN
class=SpellE>the</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>neurotoxin</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>domoic</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>acid</SPAN>. <SPAN
class=SpellE>The</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>scope</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>of</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>the</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>project</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>is</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>to</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>generate</SPAN> a <SPAN
class=SpellE>collection</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>of</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>stable</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>diatom</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>mutants</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>through</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>random</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>chemical</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>mutagenesis</SPAN>. <SPAN class=SpellE>We</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>will</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>screen</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>for</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>different</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>traits</SPAN>, <SPAN class=SpellE>such</SPAN> as <SPAN
class=SpellE>altered</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>morphology</SPAN>, <SPAN
class=SpellE>altered</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>production</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>of</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>domoic</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>acid</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>or</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>of</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>fatty</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>acids</SPAN>, <SPAN class=SpellE>and</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>we</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>will</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>characterise</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>the</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>mutants</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>to</SPAN> define <SPAN
class=SpellE>the</SPAN> molecular <SPAN class=SpellE>pathways</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>involved</SPAN>. <SPAN class=SpellE>The</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>project</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>will</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>contribute</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>to</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>establish</SPAN> </SPAN></FONT><I><FONT
face=UPVHUX+TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: UPVHUX+TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT; mso-bidi-font-family: UPVHUX+TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT">Pseudo-<SPAN
class=SpellE>nitzschia</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>multistriata</SPAN>
</SPAN></FONT></I><FONT face=SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT color=black
size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-bidi-font-family: SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT">as
a <SPAN class=SpellE>model</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>organism</SPAN>.
<SPAN class=SpellE>The</SPAN> experimental <SPAN class=SpellE>work</SPAN>
<SPAN class=SpellE>will</SPAN> be <SPAN class=SpellE>carried</SPAN> out in
<SPAN class=SpellE>the</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>multidisciplinary</SPAN>
<SPAN class=SpellE>environment</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>of</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>the</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>Laboratory</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>of</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>Ecology</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>and</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>Evolution</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>of</SPAN> Plankton, <SPAN class=SpellE>integrating</SPAN>
<SPAN class=SpellE>the</SPAN> molecular <SPAN class=SpellE>studies</SPAN>
<SPAN class=SpellE>with</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>the</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>ecological</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>expertise</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>of</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>the</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>Stazione</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>Zoologica</SPAN>. Training
<SPAN class=SpellE>will</SPAN> be <SPAN class=SpellE>provided</SPAN> in
<SPAN class=SpellE>the</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>basics</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>of</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>diatom</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>identification</SPAN>, <SPAN class=SpellE>isolation</SPAN>
<SPAN class=SpellE>and</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>maintenance</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>of</SPAN> cultures, experimental set up, molecular <SPAN
class=SpellE>approaches</SPAN>, <SPAN class=SpellE>mutagenesis</SPAN>
<SPAN class=SpellE>and</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>genetics</SPAN>, <SPAN
class=SpellE>basic</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>chemical</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>assays</SPAN>.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=770 vspace="0" hspace="0">
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"
vAlign=top align=left>
<P class=Default
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 22.55pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-width: 462.25pt; mso-element-wrap: auto; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-left: 72.0pt; mso-element-top: 720.0pt; mso-height-rule: exactly"><SPAN
class=SpellE><FONT face=SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-bidi-font-family: SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT">To</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT
face=SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-bidi-font-family: SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT">
<SPAN class=SpellE>apply</SPAN>, <SPAN class=SpellE>visit</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>the</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>website</SPAN>:
</SPAN></FONT><U><FONT face=SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT color=purple
size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: purple; FONT-FAMILY: SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-bidi-font-family: SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT">http://bit.ly/oW2llj
</SPAN></FONT></U><SPAN class=SpellE><FONT face=SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT
size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-bidi-font-family: SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT">Deadline</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT
face=SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-bidi-font-family: SAQKHH+TimesNewRomanPSMT">
<SPAN class=SpellE>for</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE><U>receipt</U></SPAN><U>
</U><SPAN class=SpellE>of</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>completed</SPAN> <SPAN
class=SpellE>applications</SPAN> (<SPAN class=SpellE>application</SPAN>
<SPAN class=SpellE>form</SPAN> plus 2 <SPAN class=SpellE>letters</SPAN>
<SPAN class=SpellE>of</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>recommendation</SPAN>)
<SPAN class=SpellE>is</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>September</SPAN>
20<SUP><SPAN
style="POSITION: relative; TOP: -6pt; mso-text-raise: 6.0pt">th
</SPAN></SUP>2011
</SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>