PhD student in Ecology and Evolution

Department of Ecology, Environment and Botanical (Deep) conducts research and education at the Arrhenius laboratories on campus Frescati. We are about 100 employees, including doctoral students and postdoctors, distributed on 25 research groups.

More information about us can be found at: Department of Ecology, Environment and Botanical.

Projektbeskrivning

The Department of Ecology, Environment and Botanical is seeking a doctoral student to a research project aimed at highlighting evolutionary driving forces and genomic consequences of pollenvolution in connection with the parcels of polling. The dissertation work will be conducted within the framework of this project, focusing on the analysis of selection on pollen in connection with the shifts from insect to wind pollination. The work will include large-scale genomic assays in an evolutionary framework, as well as population genomic and transcriptomeric assays in suitable plant systems. The project is led by prof. Tanja Castle and are carried out in close cooperation with prof. John Fitzpatrick, Prof. Catarina Rydin, and Dr Allison Hsiang at Stockholm University. The project is financed by Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.

Eligibility requirements

To be admitted to postgraduate education, the applicant must have basic and special eligibility. The permission must be met no later than date of application.

Basic eligibility If you have departed from advanced level, or completed course trackings on the least 240 High school credits (HP), at least 60 HP at the advanced level, or otherwise within or except the country acquired mainly corresponding knowledge.

Special eligibility described in the general study plan for postgraduate education in the subject Ecology and Evolution. For special eligibility to be adopted for postgraduate education in ecology and evolution, the applicant has approved results on advanced level results on the least 60 HP, of which 15 HP should be course in ecology or evolution, and at least 30 HP should

Selection

Selection among the applicants is done with regard to the ability to benefit from postgraduate education. Criteria used to assess this ability is:

• Documented subject knowledge and skills relevant to the research area such as evolutionary biology, evolutionary genetics / genomics, population genetics, phylogenomics, and related topics
• analytically and creative thinking
• Documented experience of bioinformatics or other calculation-based analyzes
• Own initiative skills
• independence
• interpersonal skills
• excellent ability to express yourself in speech and writing in English.

Documented experience of molecular genetically laboratory work and / or research on plants is desirable but not a requirement. Great emphasis will be placed on personal fitness.

Admission scheme for postgraduate education at Stockholm University.

If the employment

We offer a time-limited employment as a doctoral student according to 5 Cape. Higher Education Ordinance (1993: 100). The employment time must not be longer than that corresponds to education at a full-time postgraduate level for four years. As a doctoral student, you should mainly engage in your own postgraduate education, but in the employment work with education, research and administration can be included to a limited extent (at most 20 %).

A new employment as a doctoral student applies for a maximum of one year, the employment is then renewed by a maximum of two years at a time.

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Contact

Further information is provided by the project manager Professor Tanja Castle, tanja.slotte@su.se, and by the subject representative Professor Peter Hambäck, peter.hamback@su.se.

Application

You are looking for the doctoral place via the Stockholm University's recruitment system. Attach personal letter and CV and the annexes requested in the application form. You as an applicant responsible for ensuring that the application is complete in accordance with the advertisement and that it is the university with the latest date of application.

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