We invite applications from highly motivated and outstanding students with a background in one of the following disciplines: bioinformatics, statistics, evolutionary genetics, functional genetics, theoretical and experimental population genetics. Students from related disciplines, such as physics or mathematics are also welcome to apply.
Available topics include:
• Probabilistic models for the population genetics of molecular evolution
• Inferring selection using Drosophila whole genome sequence data
• New algorithm and models to analyze population genetic massive parallel sequence data
• Experimental evolution in Drosophila
• Evolution of gene expression in Drosophila
• Evolution of transposable elements in Drosophila
• Natural variation in transposable element defense systems
• Tracing the genomic signature of hybridization between D. mauritiana and D. simulans
• Functionally important variation in lifespan and other life history traits in natural and experimental evolution populations
• Mathematical models of spatially varying selection in subdivided populations
• Statistical methods for detecting selective sweeps using genome-wide data
• Population genetic estimators from NGS data: assessing the power for methods for genome scans of selection
• The nature of differentiation between two closely related species of oak
• The footprint of adaptive gene introgression after secondary contact
Only full applications (CV, motivation letter, university certificates, indication of the two preferred topics in a single pdf) received by 08.01.2012 will be considered. Two letters of recommendation need to be sent directly by the referees.
All information about the about the Vienna Graduate School of Population Genetics, the training program and the application procedure can be found at www.popgen-vienna.at
Anfangsdatum: 31. Dezember 2011
geschätzte Dauer: 3 Jahre
Homepage: http://www.popgen-vienna.at