We invite applicants for a PhD position to study molecular regulation and evolution of sex determination in hymenopteran insects. The project is funded for 3 years through the GenEvo RTG and will be based at the Institute of Molecular Biology in Mainz, Germany. The project is based on our recent discovery of a long non-coding RNA that coordinates sex determination in ants and will be conducted under the supervision of Miya Qiaowei Pan, Hugo Darras, Claudia Keller-Valsecchi and Ren� Ketting. Details of the project can be found at: https://www.genevo-rtg.de/application/projects-offered/pan Only application submitted through the GenEvo recruitment procedure will be considered. Please feel free to contact Miya Qiaowei Pan (q.pan@imb-mainz.de) should you have any questions about the project or the application procedures. Deadline For application: 15th of July, 2024 "Pan, Qiaowei" (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)