[Lista-Algas] Postdoctoral Stipend at Lund University, Sweden

[Andres Boltovskoy]

Postdoctoral Stipend at Lund UniversityDe: Karin Rengefors
Enviado el: miércoles, 09 de febrero de 2011 11:37
Asunto: Postdoctoral Stipend at Lund University


Lund University hereby announces the following vacant Stipend At the Department of biology within CAnMove and the project "Community metagenomics of Antarctic Protists - the importance of history versus environment".

For information on stipend: 
Karin Rengefors, Karin.Rengefors at limnol.lu.se , Phone: +46 46 2228427

Job decsription 
This postdoc project concerns the recent scientific discoveries that eukaryotic microorganisms (protists) have cosmopolitan species as well as species with restricted biogeographies. In order to study microbial communities it is imperative to know their taxonomic diversity. Through the use of molecular techniques, the diversity of protists has been shown to be much higher than what older methods indicated. Dispersal and subsequent colonization of new habitats have important consequences for community composition. An important question is thus whether community composition of aquatic protists is a consequence of environmental filtering, mass effects, historical processes or a mix of the previous processes. 

In this project, marine and freshwater protist composition will be investigated in a lake metacommunity that includes marine-derived and glacial melt-water lakes. Lakes operate very much as islands, imposing certain geographic limitations to populations, as well as dispersal among populations. In a system of remotely located (Antarctica) recently formed lakes, the community composition of protists will be analyzed using 454-technology. Community similarity will be tested for both historical (biogeographical) and environmental effects (salinity). Samples collected from 20 Antarctic lakes on a gradient of salinity (0-300), distance from the sea, and lake age, are available for analyses. No travels to Antarctica will be conducted.  

The postdoctoral project will include sample preparation for 454 sequencing as well as bioinformatic analyses of the sequence data using publicly available or custom made pipelines. Moreover, clonal cultures of dinoflagellates from a subset of the lakes are available for laboratory experiments related to the research topic.

Qualifications
The successful applicant is a highly motivated postdoctoral stipend with a strong interest in protist ecology and evolution. A PhD in limnology, marine biology, biological oceanography, microbial ecology, or equivalent, is required.  Specifically, the applicant should have substantial and documented experience with molecular techniques (PCR, sequencing) and previous experience of phylogenetic analyses, population genetic analyses and/or genomic analyses. He/she preferably has experience of culturing and/or microscopy of protists. Very good spoken and written English is required. As the postdoctoral stipend will be part of CAnMove - Centre for Animal Movement Research, a general interest in ecology as well as the ability to interact and collaborate with other members is considered an important quality. 

To be eligible for a stipend a person must have successfully completed a PhD degree or have corresponding scientific competence in a relevant subject area. The applicant needs to have a PhD not older than 5 years from a non-Swedish university and can not have been employed at Lund University. Priority should be given to candidates who have completed their degree no more than three years before the last date for applications. Candidates who have completed their degree earlier than this should receive equal priority if special grounds exist, for example documented leave of absence because of illness or parental leave.


Application
Application, with reference number, and the documents the applicant wishes to cite, shall be made out to Lund University and shall be sent to:  Registrator, Lund University, Department of Biology, Solvegatan 27, SE-223 62 Lund. All documents shall be attested. The application should be submitted to the department before 2011-03-07

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Karin Rengefors, PhD
Professor in Limnology
Director of the Graduate School in Genomic Ecology (GENECO)
Limnology, Biology Department
Lund University
Ecology Building
22362 Lund, Sweden

e-mail: karin.rengefors at limnol.lu.se
phone: + 46462228427
URL: http://www.limnol.lu.se/
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