structure in collaboration with project partners Prof Nick Barton (Institute of Science and Technology Austria) and Prof Mike Hickerson (Queens College – City University of New York). The resulting methods will be applied to genomic data for predators and prey in two natural insect communities. Comparison of population histories across species will in turn be used to discriminate between alternative models of community assembly.
Hi-throughput sequence data will be generated for multiple individuals in 20 target species, and prepared for population genetic analysis by a project-dedicated bioinformatician.
You must have, or shortly obtain a PhD.
Experience in coalescent population genetics and a track record successful submission of high impact papers in scientific journals are essential. Interest in genome analysis using high-throughput sequencing data and programming skills would be beneficial.
You will be based in Edinburgh with Prof. Graham Stone’s group and Dr. Konrad Lohse, with strong links with project Co-PI Prof. James Cook at the University of Reading and the NERC Genepool facility, Edinburgh. For an introduction to population genetic exploration of the oak gallwasp system see Stone GN et al. (2012), Current Biology 22:1-6, and Lohse et al. (2010) Evolution 64, 2664-2681.
Fixed Term: 3 years
Salary Scale: £30,122 – £35,938
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Closing Date: 29 May 2012
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