Membrane targeting of the small GTPase rab9 is accompanied by nucleotide exchange. Northern Delaware is rapidly becoming one unified metropolitan area running from Newark to Wilmington. Philadelphia, PA is 45 minutes away, Baltimore is an hour, Washington, D.C. is an hour and a half, and New York City is just under two hours. All but NYC are easily accessible by car. Buses also run from the Wilmington station to New York City and elsewhere.
Cost of living is relatively low and the state has no sales tax.
Contemporary approaches to plant biology is in a building phase at the University of Delaware. The university is currently hiring several new plant biology faculty. We enjoy close cooperation with DuPont scientists in Newark and Wilmington. A new initiative in which students are admitted to the University of Delaware, do one rotation at UD and one at DuPont, and then have the option of continuing thesis work at either UD or DuPont is now accepting applications for its second class. Check out the website for the Plant Biology and Biotechnology Initiative in Ph.D. training .