The recently sprouted Dagilis lab at the University of Connecticut is looking for PhD students interested in looking at how genetic interactions can be detected, or how such interactions impact speciation, hybridization and the evolution of genome structure as a whole. The lab primarily uses publicly available data-sets, but has some exciting collaborations in a variety of systems, from fungi to humans. The lab is currently creating a suite of approaches to detect pairs of genes that co-evolve, co-introgress and are maintained together during structural rearrangements. These tools will allow students to investigate how genetic interactions in different organisms have shaped their evolutionary trajectories. Students will learn to develop bioinformatic pipelines, will be encouraged to develop mathematical modeling and simulation skills, and will have many opportunities for collaboration across the wonderful EEB community at UConn. Applications will begin to be evaluated in mid-December, but contact with PI is required for applications, so email adagilis@uconn.edu if you are interested! Further information on the EEB PhD program can be found at https://eeb.uconn.edu/gradapply/. See more about the lab at: https://dagilislab.github.io/DagilisLab/ Andrius J. Dagilis, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT "Dagilis, Andrius" (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)