PhD positions at the Biology Centre of AS CR
Date: 23.11.2011
1. Mechanisms Structuring Arboreal Ant Communitites in Tropical Forests
We are looking for a motivated student to join our international research team focused on ecology and evolution of tropical insects and plants (V. Novotný/Y. Basset group). The PhD candidate will study ecology of ant communities living in the forests of Papua New Guinea. He/she will participate on processing of unique material and to analyse datasets from one of the last unknown frontiers - rain forest tree canopies. She/he will combine traditional taxonomic methods with molecular tools (DNA barcoding, species phylogeny) and learn various statistic methods to analyse ecological community data. He/she will have opportunity to conduct field research at our tropical stations in Papua New Guinea. We offer 3 years grant contract (50% position) at Biology Center, Czech Academy of Sciences (http://www.entu.cas.cz/en/) and scholarship at PhD program at Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia. The salary and scholarships are sufficient to cover living expenses in Czech Republic. Starting date for the position is flexible between January and July 2012.
Requirements:
Master degree in biology or environmental sciences, enthusiasm for the topic and motivation to learn new things, experience with work in R and/or other statistical packages, fluent English and ability to communicate with an international team.
We offer:
Participation in cutting‐edge tropical biology research, access to unique ecological and biological data and original research topics, possibility for research visits at universities in USA and Binatang Research Centre in PNG, opportunity to learn novel methods to analyse ecological data.
Candidates should send a short statement of interest, a CV, and contacts for two potential referees to Dr. Petr Klimeš (peta.klimes@gmail.com, Phone: +420 387 775 332). Closing date for applications is December 30th 2011. More informations about the research: http://www.entu.cas.cz/png/ http://www.newguineants.org/
2. Phylogeography and Population Genetics of South Pacific Ants
We are looking for a motivated student with biology background to join our international team focused on ecology and evolution of tropical ants. The PhD candidate will study phylogeography and population history of ants from Melanesia and South Pacific. He/she will use various genomic and genetic tools to study the origin and relationship of ant faunas in New Guinea and South Pacific islands. She/he will combine traditional population genetics methods with Next Generation Sequencing tools. The project will involve short research stays in laboratories in the US (Harvard Univ., Rockefeller Univ.) and/or Mexico (LANGEBIO, http://www.langebio.cinvestav.mx/), where the student will develop genomic tools and can attend a workshop on bioinformatics applied to the analysis of NGS. We offer 4 years grant contract (50%) at Biology Center, Czech Academy of Sciences(http://www.entu.cas.cz/en/). The student will be required to enroll into associated PhD program at Faculty of Science, Univ. of South Bohemia. The salary and stipend are sufficient to cover living expenses in Czech Republic. The beginning of the project is between January and July 2012.
Requirements:
Fluent English and ability to communicate with an international team, master degree in biology, experience with laboratory techniques used in molecular biology (e.g. Sanger sequencing,
microsatellite genotyping), highly independent, experience with work in R, and/or basic programming skills (Perl, Python) is preferred, experience with genetic, bioinformatics, phylogenetic or biogeography research is advantageous.
We offer:
Participation in cutting-edge research, access to unique ecological and biological data and original research topics, possibility of research visits at Harvard Univ., Rockefeller Univ. or at the National Laboratory of
Genomics for Biodiversity (Mexico), opportunity to learn novel methods of data gathering and processing (NGS).
Interested candidates should send a short statement of interest, a CV, and the addresses of two
potential referees to Milan Janda (mjanda@oeb.harvard.edu). Closing date for applications is December 30th 2011. More informations about the research: http://www.newguineants.org/, http://www.entu.cas.cz/en/, http://www.entu.cas.cz/en/departments/department-of-ecology-and-conservation-biology/
Source: http://www.entu.cas.cz/en/
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