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style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:17.8pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue;letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Postdoctoral</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue;letter-spacing:.1pt'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue;letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Fellow</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue;letter-spacing:.05pt'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue'>in<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> Fusarium Head Blight in Wheat (Fusarium Scab)</span></span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.5pt'><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:5.95pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>The Bullock and</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.0pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Fernando </span><span style='letter-spacing:1.05pt'>labs </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>at</span><span style='letter-spacing:.95pt'> </span>the<span style='letter-spacing:.9pt'> </span>University<span style='letter-spacing:.7pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'>of</span><span style='letter-spacing:.9pt'> </span>Manitoba,<span style='letter-spacing:.95pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Winnipeg,</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.05pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Manitoba,</span><span style='letter-spacing:.95pt'> </span>Canada<span style='letter-spacing:.9pt'> </span>are inviting<span style='letter-spacing:1.65pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>applications</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.8pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>from</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.8pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>outstanding</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.65pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>individuals</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.8pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>for</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.75pt'> </span>a<span style='letter-spacing:1.75pt'> </span>3<span style='letter-spacing:1.9pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'>year</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.75pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>postdoctoral/Research</span><span style='letter-spacing:5.6pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Associate</span><span style='letter-spacing:2.8pt'> </span>position<span style='letter-spacing:2.85pt'> </span>in<span style='letter-spacing:2.85pt'> </span>the<span style='letter-spacing:2.8pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>field</span><span style='letter-spacing:2.85pt'> </span>of<span style='letter-spacing:2.8pt'> </span>host-pathogen<span style='letter-spacing:2.85pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>interactions</span><span style='letter-spacing:2.85pt'> </span>to<span style='letter-spacing:2.85pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>work</span> on<span style='letter-spacing:2.85pt'> </span>the<span style='letter-spacing:2.8pt'> wheat</span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>-</span><span style='letter-spacing:2.55pt'> fusarium</span><span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>pathosystem.</span> The<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'> </span>position, contingent upon research funding, will be <span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>available in 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:5.95pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:5.95pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>The work will be focused on the development of decision support tools for fusarium head blight management in Manitoba. The post-doctoral fellow will collaborate with personnel from Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD). The research will involve (1) determination of fusarium damaged kernels (FDK), deoxynivalenol (DON) and the predominant fusarium species of the Fusarium head blight fungus causing infection in various spring wheat, winter wheat and barley varieties in Manitoba, and the conditions including soil moisture, rainfall, temperature and relative humidity that favour the development of FHB, (2) revision of wheat and barley phenology models to confirm and forecast key development stages of the crop and (3) development of a risk model(s) to determine risk of Fusarium head blight infection in spring wheat, winter wheat and barley. This model(s) will contribute to improved crop management and profitability of the cereal industry by identifying crop varieties and stages that are at risk of Fusarium head blight infection, whereby timely fungicide applications for suppression can be utilized to mitigate the risk of yield and quality impacts. The current model utilized in Manitoba provides a general assessment of FHB risk across broad areas based on the weather conditions during the previous 7 days. The objective is to provide improved FHB risk assessment for a specific location by incorporating site-specific data.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:5.95pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-right:5.75pt'><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>The</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.15pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>postdoctoral</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.3pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>candidate</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.15pt'> </span>should<span style='letter-spacing:1.2pt'> </span>have<span style='letter-spacing:1.15pt'> </span>a<span style='letter-spacing:1.25pt'> </span>PhD<span style='letter-spacing:1.15pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'>in</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.2pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Plant</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.2pt'> </span>Pathology<span style='letter-spacing:.95pt'> </span>or<span style='letter-spacing:1.25pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>related</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.2pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>field,</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.3pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>with</span><span style='letter-spacing:3.75pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>experience in field work.</span><span style='letter-spacing:.1pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Knowledge </span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'>of</span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'> fusarium scab disease, disease forecasting, disease modeling and agrometeology is desirable</span><span style='letter-spacing:.45pt'> </span>but<span style='letter-spacing:.5pt'> </span>not<span style='letter-spacing:.5pt'> </span>required.<span style='letter-spacing:.45pt'> </span>A<span style='letter-spacing:.45pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Driver’s</span><span 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style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'>and</span><span style='letter-spacing:2.5pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>oral</span><span style='letter-spacing:2.5pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>communication</span><span style='letter-spacing:2.5pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>skills</span><span style='letter-spacing:2.5pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>as well as exceptional interpersonal</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.8pt'> </span>skills.<span style='letter-spacing:1.9pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Interested</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.9pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>candidates</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.8pt'> </span>should<span style='letter-spacing:1.8pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>send</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.8pt'> </span>a<span style='letter-spacing:1.85pt'> </span>cover<span style='letter-spacing:1.75pt'> </span>letter<span style='letter-spacing:1.75pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>stating</span><span style='letter-spacing:2.0pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'>your</span><span style='letter-spacing:3.45pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>experience</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.35pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>and</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.3pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>interests,</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.3pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>an</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.3pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>updated</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.4pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>CV,</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.3pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>together</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.25pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>with</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.3pt'> </span>the<span style='letter-spacing:1.25pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>names</span><span style='letter-spacing:1.45pt'> </span>of<span style='letter-spacing:1.25pt'> </span>three<span style='letter-spacing:1.25pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>professional</span><span style='letter-spacing:5.15pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>references</span> <span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>and</span><span style='letter-spacing:.1pt'> </span>a<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'> description</span> of<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'> their work</span> <span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>interests</span> to:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-right:286.6pt'><b><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Dr.</span> <span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Dilantha</span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Fernando</span></b><span style='letter-spacing:1.25pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Professor</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='text-align:justify'><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Department</span> of<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'> Plant</span> <span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Science</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-right:230.0pt'><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>University</span><span style='letter-spacing:-.25pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'>of</span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'> Manitoba,</span><span style='letter-spacing:.1pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Winnipeg,</span> <span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Canada</span><span style='letter-spacing:2.65pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>E-Mail:</span> <a href="mailto:Dilantha.fernando@umanitoba.ca"><span style='color:blue;letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Dilantha.fernando@umanitoba.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.55pt'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-left:6.0pt'><b><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Dr. Paul Bullock<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-left:6.0pt'><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Professor and Head<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-left:6.0pt'><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Department of Soil Science<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-right:230.0pt'><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>University</span><span style='letter-spacing:-.25pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'>of</span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'> Manitoba,</span><span style='letter-spacing:.1pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Winnipeg,</span> <span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Canada</span><span style='letter-spacing:2.65pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>E-Mail:</span> <a href="mailto:Paul.Bullock@umanitoba.ca">Paul.Bullock@umanitoba.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.45pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.45pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Salary</span></b><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>:</span> <span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Commensurate with</span> <span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>experience.</span><span style='letter-spacing:.1pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Includes</span> <span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>an</span> <span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>attractive benefits</span> <span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>package.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.1pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Organization</span></b><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>:</span> <span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>University</span><span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'> </span>of<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'> </span>Manitoba<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'> established</span> in 1878, is the<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'> oldest</span> university<span style='letter-spacing:-.25pt'> </span>in<span style='letter-spacing:3.35pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Western</span> <span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Canada.</span> <a href="http://umanitoba.ca/about/index.html"><span style='color:blue;letter-spacing:-.05pt'>http://umanitoba.ca/about/index.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.05pt'><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p 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</span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>the</span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;letter-spacing:.05pt'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;letter-spacing:-.05pt'>region’s</span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;letter-spacing:-.05pt'>largest and</span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'> <span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'>only</span><span style='letter-spacing:3.35pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>research</span><span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>intensive university</span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'>offering</span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>over</span><span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>100</span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>degrees, </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'>diplomas,</span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>and</span> <span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>certificates </span>–<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'> more</span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>than</span><span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'> </span>60<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>at<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'> the</span><span style='letter-spacing:3.15pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>undergraduate level</span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'>including</span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>professional disciplines such</span><span 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The</span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>University</span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'>of </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Manitoba</span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'>is</span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'> </span>a<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>coeducational, </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'>nondenominational,</span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>government-supported</span> <span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'>institution.</span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>It is </span>a<span style='letter-spacing:3.45pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>member</span><span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>of</span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'>the</span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'> Association of</span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'>Commonwealth</span> <span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'>Universities</span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>and</span><span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>of</span><span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>the</span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Association of</span><span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Universities and</span> <span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Colleges of</span><span style='letter-spacing:4.45pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>Canada. 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