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[mailto:bco-bounces@lists.oulu.fi] On Behalf Of anita.tienhaara@helsinki.fi
Sent: 21. tammikuuta 2010 10:11
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Subject: [Bco] PhD / post doc position in life-history ecology and
evolution of the Glanville fritillary butterfly, UH
PhD
/ post doc position in life-history ecology and evolution of the Glanville
fritillary butterfly
We
seek for a PhD student or young post doc with background in population or
evolutionary biology to join a large research group working on metapopulation
ecology, evolution and functional genomics of the Glanville fritillary
butterfly. This project involves experiments in large out-door population cages
using material from a well-studied large metapopulation in the Åland Islands
and from elsewhere. The Glanville fritillary is a well-known model system
in population biology studied since 1991. The project is funded by the European
Research Council and the Academy of Finland.
We
have recently sequenced the transcriptome of the Glanville fritillary and are
currently sequencing the entire genome using Roche 454 Titanium and SOLiD3. We
plan extensive association and linkage analyses of life history and phenotypic
traits. This project involves designing and conducting experiments on
butterflies originating from different types of landscapes (e.g. fragmented versus
continuous, and newly-established versus old populations). Apart from
conventional life history studies, the project involves analyses of variation
in the coding region and gene expression in relation to population structure.
Deadline
for applications is February 19. The application should be sent to Ilkka
Hanski (ilkka.hanski@helsinki.fi) and it should include a cover letter
explaining your background and research interests, CV, and contact information
for two referees. Further information about the project and this position may
be obtained from Ilkka Hanski. The web-site of the Metapopulation Research
Group is www.helsinki.fi/science/metapop.
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of Biotechnology
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Box 56
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University of Helsinki, finland
tel.
+358 9 191 59656
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+358 9 191 59550
anita.tienhaara@helsinki.fi