Expression of Interest for Prometeo Fellowships Prepared by Jill Gready, ANU 23-9-13

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kesearch Ie||owsh|ps on otato Germp|asm at Un|vers|dad 1cn|ca de Ambato (U1A), Lcuador
under a co||aborat|ve program on h|gh-a|t|tude photosynthes|s research w|th partners
U1A, 1he Austra||an Nat|ona| Un|vers|ty, INIA (Lcuador) and CI (eru)

Lxpress|ons of |nterest (LCI) are |nv|ted from hD graduates w|th an |nterest |n undertak|ng
research on potato germp|asm as part of a co||aborat|on between Un|vers|dad 1cn|ca de
Ambato (U1A) and Inst|tuto Nac|ona| Autnomo de Invest|gac|ones Agropecuar|as (INIA),
Lcuador and 1he Austra||an Nat|ona| Un|vers|ty (ANU), Austra||a. CenLro lnLernaclonal de la
apa (Cl, lnLernaLlonal oLaLo CenLer) ls also parLnerlng ln Lhe research. 1he collaboraLlon alms
Lo esLabllsh a research program almed aL undersLandlng llmlLaLlons on phoLosynLhesls under
equaLorlal hlgh-alLlLude growlng condlLlons and uslng Lhls knowledge Lo enhance producLlvlLy of
poLaLo and oLher Andean naLlve crops. 1he research wlll use a sLraLegy developed by Anu LhaL
makes lL feaslble Lo mlne seed banks efflclenLly Lo ldenLlfy accesslons wlLh naLurally occurrlng
beLLer verslons of Lhe key phoLosynLheLlc CC
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-flxlng enzyme 8ublsco LhaL could be used by
breedlng Lo develop lmproved, more producLlve, crops.

A ma[or focus of Lhe collaboraLlon ls ln Lralnlng of researchers and developlng Lcuadorlan
capaclLy, boLh people and research faclllLles, Lo susLaln Lhe research efforLs aL lnLernaLlonal
sLandard. 1o Lhls end, Lhe Lcuadorlan hlgher educaLlon deparLmenL SLnLSC?1 (SecreLarla
naclonal de Lducacln Superlor, Clencla, 1ecnologla e lnnovacln) wlll provlde posLgraduaLe
scholarshlps for Lcuadorlan sLudenLs Lo sLudy aL Anu as well as lnfrasLrucLure granLs Lo develop
equlpmenL and oLher faclllLles aL u1A. 1he flrsL Lhree hu sLudenLs on Lhe program wlll sLarL aL
Anu ln CcLober 2013. 8oLh u1A and Anu wlll provlde oLher sLafflng and lnfrasLrucLure supporL.

Su|tab|e cand|dates are now sought for SLNLSC1 rometeo fe||owsh|ps to strengthen the
research program at U1A, |n|t|a||y |n the area of potato germp|asm and genet|cs. 1he
romeLeo ro[ecL alms Lo sLrengLhen educaLlon, sclenLlflc lnvesLlgaLlon, lnnovaLlon and
Lechnologlcal developmenL ln sLraLeglc areas" by fundlng young forelgn and reLurnlng-
Lcuadorlan researchers. Cand|dates shou|d have exper|ence |n co||ect|ng and curat|ng
germp|asm, preferab|y of crop p|ants, or |n ana|ys|ng germp|asm data |n |arge genebanks and
work|ng w|th others on mo|ecu|ar (gene) or phenotyp|c assessments.

1he cond|t|ons for the rometeo fe||owsh|ps are g|ven |n the attached brochure (now sllghLly
ouL of daLe) or the webs|te prometeo.senescyt.gob.ec ln brlef, candldaLes have musL have a
hu degree ln Lhe relevanL area from a world-class unlverslLy, have produced sclenLlflc research
wlLhln relaLed areas Lo Lhe proposed pro[ecL, and noL be currenLly resldenL ln Lcuador.
Ie||owsh|ps are for 4 months m|n|mum up to 24 months, these per|ods may or may not be
consecut|ve. 1hey have attract|ve remunerat|on and other benef|ts. lurLher background
lnformaLlon on Lhe research parLners and sLraLegy, and poLaLo germplasm collecLlon are glven
ln Lhe aLLached pdf.

|ease send LCI's |n the f|rst |nstance, w|th a CV and br|ef summary of re|evant exper|ence
and how you cou|d contr|bute to the U1A-INIA-ANU research co||aborat|on, to rof I|||
Gready at I|||.GreadyQanu.edu.au and Dr Car|os kodr|guez at crodr|guezmQhotma||.com