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1 The Forest Molecular Genetics (FMG) Programme focuses on the genetic control of growth and development in fast-growing plantation trees with a view to enhance biomass production and improve wood properties for timber, pulp, paper, and bio-materials production. We also aim to understand molecular disease resistance mechanisms in trees for woody biomass protection. We are affiliated with the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), and the Genomics Research Institute (GRI) at UP. We work in close collaboration with South African forestry com-panies through the FMG Consortium (FMGC) to develop capacity and resources for the application of tree biotechnology in tree improvement programmes. The FMG Programme offers postdoctoral, PhD and MSc positions in the following themes: Molecular genetics and population genomics Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of plant development Systems and evolutionary modelling of biological processes Genomics of plant interactions with pests and pathogens Bioinformatics for functional genomics Positions in the FMG Programme are supported by bursary additions from industry and THRIP (in addition to NRF and other external student bursaries) For more information or to submit an application, please contact the FMG Administrative Assistant Mrs Thandeka Ngondo, at thandeka.ngondo@up.ac.za, Tel:

2 Prof Alexander (Zander) Myburg (ZM1) Population genomics of tropical pine trees: exome-capture-seq, SNP marker discovery and SNP chip development for genomic selection (population genomics/biotechnology) - Postdoctoral/PhD Supervisors: Prof Myburg (UP), Dr Naidoo (UP) Collaborators: Prof Isik (NC State), Dr Acosta (NC State), Dr Wegrzyn (U. Connecticut), International Pine SNP consortium (ZM2) Systems genetics of dissolving pulp and biorefinery traits in Eucalyptus (genomics/bioinformatics) - PhD Supervisors: Prof Myburg, Dr Mizrachi Collaborators: Prof Mansfield (UBC), Sappi Forest Research (ZM3) Fine-scale dissection (cryosectioning and transcriptome profiling) of xylem development in Eucalyptus grandis (genomics/bioinformatics) - MSc/PhD Supervisors: Prof Myburg, Dr Hussey, Dr Christie, Dr Mizrachi Collaborators: Dr Street and Prof Tuominen (Umea Plant Science Centre, Sweden) (ZM4) Identification of interspecific hybrids of tropical pine species using microsatellite DNA fingerprinting (molecular genetics/biotechnology) - MSc Supervisors: Prof Myburg Collaborators: York Timbers, Mondi, Sappi (ZM5) Identification of ancestry informative SNP DNA markers for hybrid identification and chromosome introgression mapping in Eucalyptus grandis x E. nitens crosses (molecular genetics/biotechnology) - BSc Hons Supervisors: Prof Myburg, Dr Christie Collaborators: Dr Payn (Mondi Tree Improvement)

3 Dr Sanushka Naidoo (SN1) Discovery and characterisation of Eucalyptus grandis small RNAs expressed during Chrysoporthe austroafricana infection (genomics) - PhD Supervisors: Dr Naidoo (UP), Prof Moleleki (UP) (SN2) Discovery of quantitative trait loci for fungal disease resistance in Eucalyptus (molecular genetics/genomics) MSc Supervisors: Dr Naidoo (UP), Prof Myburg (UP) (SN3) Phenotypic and molecular characterisation of Eucalyptus flowering mutants (plant molecular biology/biotechnology) - MSc Supervisors: Dr Naidoo (UP), Prof Myburg (UP) Collaborator: Prof Strauss (OSU)

4 Dr Steven Hussey (SH1) High-throughput reconstruction and regulatory modelling of Eucalyptus secondary cell wall-associated transcriptional networks (plant molecular biology/bioinformatics) - Postdoctoral Supervisor: Dr Hussey (UP), Co-investigators: Dr Mizrachi (UP), Prof Myburg (UP), Prof Brady (UC Davis) Collaborators: Prof Groover (UC Davis), Dr Zinkgraf (UC Davis) (SH2) Functional analysis of secondary cell wall-related Eucalyptus transcription factors using hairy root reverse genetics (plant molecular biology) - PhD Supervisors: Dr Hussey (UP), Prof Myburg (UP), Prof Grima-Pettenati (U. Toulouse) (SH3) Investigation of genomic stability in Eucalyptus polyploids through whole-genome resequencing (genomics/bioinformatics) - MSc Supervisors: Dr Hussey (UP), Prof Myburg (UP), Prof Groover (UC Davis)

5 Dr Eshchar Mizrachi (EM1) Structural and functional analysis of plastid development during secondary growth (molecular cell biology) - Postdoctoral/PhD Supervisors: Dr Mizrachi (UP), Prof Myburg (UP) Collaborators: Prof Mansfield (UBC) (EM2) Vascular plant metabolomics for discovery of novel compounds (plant molecular biology/biotechnology) Postdoctoral/PhD Supervisor: Dr Mizrachi (UP) Collaborators: Prof Mansfield (UBC), Dr Tuskan (ORNL), Dr Tschaplinsky (ORNL), Dr Hammerbacher (UP), Dr Naidoo (UP) (EM3) Genetic engineering of woody biomass (Plant biotechnology) - MSc/PhD Supervisors: Dr Mizrachi (UP), Prof Myburg (UP) Collaborators: Dr Maloney (UP), Dr Hussey (UP), Prof Mansfield (UBC)

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