I am advertising for a PhD student to join my group at the Natural History Museum of Geneva and the University of Geneva. Please find the full advertisement attached and in the link:https://lifesciencesphd.unige.ch/jobs The PhD project will examine the ecology and evolution of parasites of freshwater fish in Europe, within the framework of an internationally and interdisciplinary Biodiversa project "IMPACT: Integrated Monitoring of PArasites in Changing environmenTs" Parasites are typecast as biological villains due to their threats to human health and wildlife conservation, despite most metazoan parasites having no zoonotic potential, and constituting an overwhelming proportion of current biodiversity. Re-evaluation of European freshwater fish diversity has led to an increase in recognised fish diversity, often linked to the discovery of local endemism. Conversely, surveys of their associated parasites have been slow to follow, and their diversity is likely underestimated. New assessments of fish parasite biodiversity status are desperately needed at a time when both parasites and their fish hosts face the impacts of global change and invasive species. Deadline 1st April 2024. Very happy to hear from interested candidates Dr Isabel Blasco Costa Conservatrice / Curator T. +41 22 418 6387 isabel.blasco-costa@ville-ge.ch Muséum d'histoire naturelle (MHN) Département de la culture et de la transition numérique Route de Malagnou 1 1208 GENEVE www.museum-geneve.ch Notre environnement estfragile, merci de n'imprimer ce message qu'en cas de nécessité. "Isabel.Blasco-Costa@ville-ge.ch" (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)