POSITION AS DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW (PhD stipendiat) in FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS
available at the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES),
Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences,
University of Oslo.
The position is available for a period of 4 years with 25% compulsory work.
A position as doctoral research fellow to work on the functional genomics
and sequencing of the cod genome is now available. The position is
affiliated to EMBIO, the steering board for Molecular Life Sciences at the
University of Oslo. The successful PhD candidate is expected to work
closely with a postdoc/researcher who is financed by the Norwegian
Research Council through the FUGE program and is part of the GenoFisk
marine platform where we are aiming at sequencing the full genome of
several individuals of Atlantic cod. The results will be used to
characterize genetic variability within major stocks and populations of
Atlantic cod, and other related species for comparisons. We have access to
facilities for experimental studies (breeding/rearing) of cod and are
equipped to do gene expression analysis through our 454 sequencer.
The CEES, where the candidate will be working, is an interdisciplinary
research group within the Department of Biology that combines the skills
of population ecologists, evolutionary biologists, geneticists, and
statisticians. It has a strong international flavour, and currently
employs 17 faculty, 34 postdocs/researchers, 27 PhD students, 25 master
students and 33 official international collaborators. The CEES has been
awarded status as centre of excellence by the Norwegian Research Council,
and is well funded. Information about the centre can be found at:
http://www.cees.uio.no
For further information please contact:
Professor Nils Christian Stenseth, phone: +47 22854584, e-mail:
n.c.stenseth@bio.uio.no.
Professor Kjetill S Jakobsen phone +47 22854602, e-mail:
k.s.jakobsen@bio.uio.no.
Deadline for application: 2 May 2008
REF. NR.: 2008/5168
Please read the full announcement, including instructions on how to apply,
at: http://www.cees.uio.no/about/vacancies/phd-functional-020508/
