-----Original Message----- From: bco-bounces@lists.oulu.fi [mailto:bco-bounces@lists.oulu.fi] On Behalf Of Anita Tienhaara Sent: 26. syyskuuta 2011 13:38 To: finbionet Subject: [Bco] 2 PhD student positions in Helsinki evo-devo research community, University of Helsinki

Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki Helsinki evo-devo research community Salazar-Ciudad group

We are looking for two students, preferably biologists, to start two grants for two PhDs in systems biology and/or evo-devo about:

- Gene network simulations of pattern formation, morphogenesis and morphological evolution of mammalian organs

or/and

- Variational phenomics, 3D morphometrics, development and evolution

One of the current challenges of evolutionary biology is to understand how genetic variation leads to specific morphological variation (the genotype-phenotype map) and how that process affects the direction of morphological change in evolution. Our group is devoted to address this question by using gene network models and empirical analysis of developmental and variational data. Programming skills or a willingness to acquire them are required.

The grants are provided through the Finnish academy of sciences. One of the positions is between Isaac Salazar-Ciudad´s Group and Jukka Jernvall's group and the other is in Isaac Salazar-Ciudad's group.

The exact topic of the theses would be discussed in detail after an interview.

For an outline of the groups' research: http://www.biocenter.helsinki.fi/bi/evodevo/group_isaac.shtml http://www.biocenter.helsinki.fi/bi/evodevo/index.shtml

For further inquiries: isaac.salazar@uab.cat

Article exemple: Salazar-Ciudad I, Jernvall J.A computational model of teeth and the developmental origins of morphological variation. Nature. 2010 Mar 25;464(7288):583-6.

Salazar-Ciudad I. Morphological evolution and embryonic developmental diversity in metazoa. Development. 2010 Feb;137(4):531-9.

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