We have a funded PhD project on population genetics of the sheep scab
mite, Psoroptes ovis, using genomic data to understand the population
structure of mites in UK populations in the context of ongoing control
and eradication programs, and following these populations to assess the
impact of these control methods on these populations.

It will be supervised by Jenni McIntyre
(https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/bohvm/staff/jennifermcintyre/), Roz Laing
(https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/bohvm/staff/rozlaing), Barbara Mable
(https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/bohvm/staff/barbaramable/) and James
Cotton (https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/bohvm/staff/jamescotton/)
in the School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary
Medicine, at the University of Glasgow, and Stewart Burgess
(https://moredun.org.uk/people/staff-directory/stewart-burgess) at the
Moredun Research Institute. More details at https://tinyurl.com/a873cvb4.

The project will benefit from close links with a collaborative
project on drug resistance in Psoroptes recently funded by
the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
(BBSRC). The PhD is fully funded at UK Research and Innovation
(UKRI) rates by the NorthWestBio Doctoral Training Programme
(https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/doctoraltraining/northwestbio/).

Applications are due by the 6th January, 2025, with instructions at
https://tinyurl.com/hxjh7fn7.

Barbara Mable <Barbara.Mable@glasgow.ac.uk>

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