********************Jobs******************** Dear all, The Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Vienna seeks applications for the position of a Full Professor in Theoretical Evolutionary Biology. The extended deadline for application is May 8, 2018. Vienna is not only one of the most livable cities in the world, it also offers a great scientific environment, in particular for Evolutionary Biology. Please find details of the position under: http://personalwesen.univie.ac.at/en/jobs-recruiting/professorships/detail-page/news/theoretical-evolutionary-biology/ Best wishes Uli Technau -- Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ulrich Technau Dept. for Molecular Evolution and Development Centre for Organismal Systems Biology Faculty of Life Sciences University of Vienna Althanstrasse 14 1090 Wien Tel. +43-(1) 4277-57000 Mobile: +43-664-6027757000 Website: http://molevodevo.univie.ac.at Nick BARTON ********************Jobs******************** Full time, permanent Starting salary 25,000-30,500 per annum Xelect Ltd is seeking to appoint a dynamic breeding programme manager to be based at our headquarters in St. Andrews in Scotland. The person appointed would be working directly with and supervised by our Senior Breeding Programme Manager and would be expected to liaise with the rest of the Xelect team of managers, quantitative geneticists, bioinformaticians and molecular biologists. This exciting new role would be ideal for somebody with a keen interest in aquaculture breeding and genetics looking to develop their knowledge and expertise in this rapidly advancing field. Duties would primarily involve liaison with our clients to review, plan and manage the contracted breeding programmes. This will involve extensive overseas travel. The position would require a comprehensive understanding of the laboratory processes involved including SNP genotyping as well as conduct of the post-laboratory processing and statistical analysis and subsequent compiling of reports and presentations. The successful candidate would be expected to have excellent organisational and time management abilities, be effective within a team and hold outstanding interpersonal skills. See www.xelect.co.uk for further details. Essential skills: A minimum of a M.Sc. relating to aquaculture, fish reproduction or animal breeding. Knowledge and experience of hatchery and broodstock systems for finfish and / or shellfish species. Experience working with aquaculture industry. Excellent data management and computer literacy skills. Willing to travel and experience working within other countries. Laboratory skills in molecular biology including DNA extraction and qPCR techniques. Basic knowledge of programming platforms including R and Linux. Desirable skills: Ph.D. relating to aquaculture, fish reproduction or animal breeding. Proficiency of programming platforms R and / or Linux. SNP and microsatellite genotyping techniques. Ability to converse in another language. Knowledge of one or more of Arabic, French, Mandarin, Spanish or Turkish would be a distinct advantage. Peer reviewed publications in the field of aquaculture, reproduction or genetics. Further details about the position and the company are available upon request. To apply please send a current CV and a covering letter, along with contact details of two referees to info@xelect.co.uk. Informal enquires should be made to Dr Tom Ashton or Professor Ian Johnston (01334 845204). Closing date Friday 4th May. marie.smedley@xelect.co.uk ********************Other******************** The Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB) Graduate Student Research Awards assist graduate students conducting research in systematics. These grants are for collection of preliminary data or to enhance dissertation research (e.g., by visiting additional field collection sites or museums). Awards will range between $1000 - $2000 and approximately 25 awards will be made. APPLICATION DEADLINE: All application materials are due on May 31, 2018 by 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time (US). ** HOW TO APPLY ** Submit all materials via the application form found on the SSB website: http://www.systbio.org/graduate-student-research-awards.html The application materials required are: + a curriculum vitae + brief research proposal including objectives, methods, significance, and schedule + budget ($2,000 limit) and budget justification + two letters of recommendation. Please see the SSB website for further details about the aplication materials. ** ELIGIBILITY ** Applicants may be from any country, but must be members of SSB, and are advised to join the Society as soon as possible to facilitate their applications. Previous awardees may not re-apply, but previous applicants who were not selected for funding are encouraged to re-apply. Systematics is interpreted broadly to include questions below and above the species level, molecular and morphological approaches, and issues of pattern and process. Funding is not limited to any particular aspect of research, but rather is available for field, museum/herbarium, and/or laboratory work. ** CONTACT ** If you have any questions, please contact the Chair of the SSB Awards Committee (Dr. Tracy Heath: awards@systematicbiologists.org). "Tracy Heath (SSB Awards Director)" ********************Other******************** We are looking for field assistants to help search nests of a small bird, fairy gerygone and large-billed gerygone for PhD project (Australian National University, Canberra). The main objective of this research is to gain a better understanding of the breeding ecology of gerygone species, and the coevolution between gerygone species and little bronze-cuckoo. Research will be conducted in Queensland, Australia. We will be based in Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park, and Cairns city, and travel to several sites in these areas. Volunteer field assistants are needed from Jul. 'V Nov. or Dec. 2018 for full period. The exact dates flexible but need to be around this time. Overall duties will include nest searching and monitoring, recording begging calls and adult calls for cuckoos, and data entry. Previous experience with fieldwork is highly desired, and nest searching experience is also preferred, but not required. The large-bill gerygone build nests over the water, and the height of nests varies from 1m to 5m. The fairy gerygone'¦s habitat is mainly at the edges of rainforest, but poorly unknown (our main work will be to find their nest). The study site is rugged, hot, and venomous snakes and ticks are quite common. Working days are long, with early starts, six days a week. Therefore, applicants must have good physical fitness to walk along the creek with a heavy ladder, withstand harsh conditions at the site, and maintain an energetic attitude despite long hours in hot and humid conditions. Work schedules and duties will vary, so flexibility is a must. Applicants should work well alone and in a small group and have a sense of direction to work in remote areas. Previous experience with fieldwork is highly desired, and nest searching experience is also preferred, but a positive attitude is much more important than tons of field experience. Housing will be provided, and you can get reimbursed for food and flights up to $750 AUD per month and assistants will enjoy fantastic wildlife viewing opportunities (Wallabies, platypus, koalas, kookaburra, etc.), proximity to Queensland rainforest and the surrounding field areas. To apply, send a cover letter detailing interests, previous relevant field research experience, dates of availability and a CV as well as a list of names and contact information for 2 referees to Hee-Jin Noh ( hjnoh891@gmail.com). Please feel free to enquire with any questions related to the application process or on the project in general. Hee-Jin Noh ********************PostDocs******************** Join us at Aarhus University to work on basic questions in evolutionary genetics with applied outcomes in the area of antibiotic resistance. A position as a postdoctoral research associate is available for 12 months (renewable for another 12 months) in the research group of Thomas Bataillon (Bioinformatics Research Center, Aarhus University DK). The work is funded by the project $B!H(BPREPARE$B!I(B and involves 5 research groups based in Canada (A Wong, Carleton University, R Kassen U of Ottawa), Portugal (C Bank and I Gordo, IGC Portugal) and Denmark (T Bataillon, BiRC, Aarhus University). The assumption that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is $B!H(Bcostly$B!I(B underpins current thinking about the management and stewardship of antibiotic delivery. Evidence suggests, however, that AMR can persist at high levels even in the absence of drug selection implying either that AMR is not as costly as previously thought or that costs are $B!H(Bover rated$B!I(B because these are labile and can be readily ameliorated through compensatory evolution. We will evaluate these ideas directly, through experiment, and use the data to validate theory aimed at predicting the prevalence of AMR across genetic backgrounds and environments. The postdoctoral researcher will work on theoretical models for predicting the fitness changes of bacterial strains carrying different types of AMR mutations across a variety of environments. The work will be primarily theoretical and statistical (to help with the analysis of experimental evolution data from the empirical side of the project). We expect the post-doctoral researcher to have a background in evolutionary genetics and interest in microbial evolution. Preference will be given to candidates with proven expertise in the area of modelling in evolutionary genetics (either analytical theory and/or computer simulations) and microbial evolution (either experimental evolution or population genetics of naturally occurring populations) The work will be carried out at the bioinformatics research center (BiRC) in close collaboration with Claudia Bank (leading the Evolutionary Dynamics group at the Gulbenkian Institute, Oeiras Portugal). BiRC (www.birc.au.dk) provides a young, interdisciplinary environment, presently with 45 professors, post docs and PhD-students. There are strong links to Department of Computer Science, Mathematics/statistics and Biology as well as to the Faculty of Health. Within population genomics and evolution, BiRC hosts the integrated research groups of Kasper Munch (recombination, selection in primates, X and Y chromosome evolution), Thomas Bataillon (evolutionary theory, experimental evolution), Asger Hobolth (coalescent methods) and Mikkel H. Schierup (primate population genomics, X and Y), Thomas Mailund (Bioinformatics Algorithmics, Genetics Molecular evolution) and Palle Villesen (Bioinformatics NGS autoimmune disease). The position is available as early as May 15, 2018 and we will start to review applications immediately. For applying you should send (1) your CV, including a list of publications and the names and email addresses of two potential referees; (2) a short cover letter (1 page) describing your research interests and motivations for joining the project. The position will be filled as soon as a qualified candidate is identified. Please send inquiries to Thomas Bataillon (tbata@birc.au.dk). Thomas Bataillon ********************PostDocs******************** Postdoctoral Positions in evolutionary genomics are available in Dr. Adam Siepel's research group at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. The Siepel Group specializes in the development of probabilistic models, algorithms for inference, prediction methods, and application of these methods in large-scale genomic data analysis. Of particular interest is research relevant to existing, NIH supported projects in: HUMAN POPULATION GENOMICS including demography inference using Bayesian coalescent-based methods, inference of natural selection on regulatory and other noncoding sequences, and prediction of fitness consequences for noncoding mutations; and TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION in mammals and Drosophila, including the estimation of rates and patterns of transcriptional elongation from GRO-seq data, prediction of transcription factor binding sites from DNase-seq data, and regulatory network inference based on joint patterns of transcription and binding in inducible systems.. Relevant recent papers include the following: Danko CG, Choate LA, Marks BA, Rice EJ, Zhong W, Chut T, et al. Dynamic evolution of regulatory element ensembles in primate CD4+ T-cells. Nat. Ecol. Evol. 2(3):537-548, 2018. Huang Y-F, Gulko B, Siepel A. Fast, scalable prediction of deleterious noncoding variants from functional and population genomic data. Nat. Genet. 49(4):618-624, 2017. Kuhlwilm M, Gronau I, Hubisz MJ, de Filippo C, Prado J, Kircher M, et al. Ancient gene flow from early modern humans into Eastern Neanderthals. Nature 530(7591):429-433, 2016. Core LJ, Martins AL, Danko CG, Waters CT, Siepel A, Lis JT. Analysis of nascent RNA identifies a unified architecture of initiation regions at mammalian promoters and enhancers. Nat. Genet. 46(12):1311-1320, 2014. Rasmussen MD, Hubisz MJ, Gronau I, Siepel A. Genome-wide inference of ancestral recombination graphs. PLOS Genet. 10(5):e1004342, 2014. Required Qualifications: Ph.D. in bioinformatics, computer science, statistics, genetics, molecular biology, applied mathematics, or a related field. Fluency in probabilistic modeling and computational statistics. Proficiency in programming, ideally in C or C++, as well as in scripting languages such as Python, Perl, Mat Lab, or R. Should be comfortable in a Linux environment, with large data sets, computer clusters, and databases.. Job location: CSHL, One Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 TO APPLY: visit the CSHL Careers website at www.cshl.edu/careers. Position Number:02018-R. Irene Gill Simons Center for Quantitative Biology Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Office: 516-367-6834 | Fax: 516-367-5501 Email: gill@cshl.edu | http://www.cshl.edu/scqb "Gill, Irene" ********************PostDocs******************** Post-doctoral Position: Avian Physiological Evolutionary Ecologist Position Description: An enthusiastic and highly motivated post-doctoral researcher is sought to join the lab of Dr. Britt Heidinger (britt.heidinger@ndsu.edu) in the Department of Biological Sciences at North Dakota State University (NDSU). This is a 24-month, NSF funded position to study the cross-generational consequences of stress exposure in house sparrows (Passer domesticus). This integrative project is being conducted in collaboration with Dr. David Westneat (david.westneat@uky.edu) at the University of Kentucky. The post-doc will primarily reside in Fargo, ND, but will also spend time in Lexington, KY. During this position, the post-doc will gain valuable experience in research design, endocrine and molecular techniques, advanced statistical modeling including the use of animal models, and mentoring graduate and undergraduate students. The post-doc is also encouraged to pursue independent lines of research related to this project, which may include analyses of a unique, long-term database. The start date is somewhat flexible, but ideally will begin before August 1, 2018. Candidates must 1) have a Ph.D. degree in biological sciences or a related discipline from an accredited institution; 2) have a demonstrated interest in research in physiological or behavioral ecology; and 3) have strong oral and written communication skills, including an ability to work as part of team and collaborate with others. Preference will be given to candidates with demonstrated interest in 1) stress physiology; 2) senescence; 3) the long-term effects of early life conditions; and experience with: 4) animal models 5) EIA hormone assays, 6) qPCR and 7) avian systems. Applicants must submit a cover letter; a curriculum vitae; a description of research experience (2 pages maximum); and contact information (including telephone numbers and e-mail addresses) for three professional references. All application materials must be submitted online at: http://jobs.ndsu.edu/postings/9055 Review of applications will begin 8 May 2018 and continue until the position is filled. Questions regarding the search may be sent to britt.heidinger@ndsu.edu and david.westneat@uky.edu Britt J. Heidinger, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences NDSU Dept 2715 PO Box 6050 North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58108-6050 Email: britt.heidinger@ndsu.edu Phone: 701-231-5377 "Heidinger, Britt" ********************Conferences******************** V Moscow International Conference "Molecular Phylogenetics and Biodiversity Biobanking Molphy-5" Moscow State University, 25-28 August 2018, Russia Dear colleagues, you are welcome to take part in the MolPhy conference 2018. The "MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS" conference series is organized to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas and experiences in contemporary phylogenetics, evolutionary genomics, and bioinformatics of molecular evolution. This round the program also places emphasis on genomics of biodiversity, and various aspects of establishing and sustaining banks of molecular data and tissue samples for biodiversity research. This interface is rapidly developing, and is identified as an inter-faculty initiative of Moscow State University funded by the Russian Science Fund. Primary organizers are Moscow State University and the Russian Academy of Sciences, with support from other established academic and commercial organizations. The major scope includes: - Evolutionary genomics - Molecular phylogenetics and systematics - Genomics of biodiversity - Biobanking - Molecular dating and scenarios of coevolution - Evolution and development (evo-devo) - Models and algorithms for molecular evolution - Molecular ecology and biogeography - Applied phylogenetics We welcome attendees internationally from academia, Research & Development, and service companies. Plenary speakers are invited by the Committee. The speakers of last rounds can be found in archive sections at www.molphy.ru. Important dates: June 28, 2018 registration deadline, abstract submission deadline July 10, 2018 abstract acceptance notification date July 18, 2018 normal registration fee payment deadline The conference will take place in a multifunctional building at the Moscow State University campus on Sparrow Hills (Vorob'evy Gory) located about halfway between the center of Moscow at the Kremlin and the city's current outskirts. The campus has a much peculiar history, and is inimitable from the standpoint of architecture and its location as the roof of the city. Further information is available on the conference website at www.molphy.ru. You are welcome, and see you in Moscow! Organizers of MolPhy-5 phone +7 (495) 939-3193, +7 (495) 924-9300 fax +7 (495) 939-3181 molphy@molphy.ru Leonid Rusin