A postdoctoral position is available in Dr. Jean-Michel Ané’s laboratory (http://anelab.wisc.edu/) in the departments of Bacteriology and Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. The postdoctoral researcher will be part of an interdisciplinary team studying the plant genetic basis of nitrogen fixation in the mucilage produced by maize and sorghum aerial roots. The postdoctoral researcher will characterize plant genes controlling the trait using genetics and genomics. The researcher will be involved in breeding approa