[Socbin] 2 PhD positions in Molecular Evolution & Systematics at Uppsala University

Lionel Guy lionel.guy at ebc.uu.se
Tue Aug 16 14:17:45 CEST 2011


2 PhD student positions in Molecular Evolution & Systematics at the Department of Organism Biology, Uppsala University, are now open.

More details and online application at: http://www.personalavd.uu.se/ledigaplatser/2045PhD.html 

You are welcome to forward this email to anyone likely to be interested.


Description:

PhD-student position in Biology with specialization in Molecular Evolution
PhD- student position in Biology with specialization in Systematics

at the Department of Organism Biology. Starting date: As agreed upon, preferably as soon as possible.

The overall aim of the project is to use comparative genomics to study the eukaryote/prokaryote transition. This will involve investigating the origin of eukaryote specific traits, particularly the origin of the nuclear envelope and the nuclear-encoded components of the mitochondrial proteome. The PhD projects will run in parallel and will initially focus on assembling and analyzing genome sequence data from microbial eukaryotes and bacteria. The work will be conducted entirely in silico, consisting of bioinformatics, comparative genomics and phylogenetic analysis. The students will also be expected to undertake appropriate course work and training in bioinformatic theory and practice, including programming, statistics and phylogenetics.

The students will work as part of a team conducting genome sequencing of planctomycete bacteria and microbial eukaryotes. This is a collaborative project between research groups headed by Siv Andersson (molecular evolution) and Sandra Baldauf (systematic biology) of the Uppsala Center for Comparative Genomics www.uceg.ebc.uu.se, supported by a 10-year grant from the Swedish Research Council.

You are welcome to submit your application no later than August 31th, 2011. 


Best regards,
Lionel Guy, Molecular Evolution, Uppsala University.





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