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Vacancy: PhD position in animal ecology and evolution of epigenetic inheritance
1 March 2017
Applications are open for a PhD position in animal ecology studying the evolution of epigenetic inheritance. The successful candidate will join the laboratory of Dr Martin Lind, investigating life-history evolution, ageing and sexual selection, in the Department of Ecology and Genetics at Uppsala University.
The successful applicant will investigate the evolution of adaptive epigenetic and trans-generational inheritance of fitness and ageing during adaptation to new environments (high or fluctuating temperature) in the powerful laboratory model system – the nematode Caenorhabditis remanei. They will use a combination of experimental evolution, trans-generational phenotypic assays of life history traits (fitness, ageing, growth, development) and gene expression approaches, as well as analyses of already existing selection lines.
Application deadline: 15 March 2017
For further information and applications please contact [email address=”martin.lind@ebc.uu.se” name=”Dr Martin Lind”] and refer to the University recruitment portal.