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Post date: Dec 6, 2015 6:45:20 PM
From: <evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca>
Date: Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 5:13 AM
Subject: Graduate position: TexasTechU.PlantGenetics
PhD Graduate Student Positions in Plant Ecological Genetics
Olson Lab, Texas Tech University
The Olson lab at Texas Tech University is recruiting PhD Graduate
students interested in the field of plant ecological genetics to start
in the fall of 2016. Our lab studies a variety of questions including
the evolution of breeding systems, sex chromosome evolution, the
evolution of gender dimorphism in plants, and local adaptation to
latitude in relation to climate change. We use a variety of
experimental techniques including common garden studies, field ecology,
transmission genetics, genomics and bioinformatics. For the past decade
we have studied these processes in forest trees and expect that this
will continue to be the main taxonomic focus of our research.
Funds are available for a Graduate Research Associate on an NSF-funded
grant to study the ecological and genetic factors influencing the
dynamic movement of sex determination regions and sex chromosome
evolution within the Salicaceae (poplars and willows). The overall
project focuses on mapping sex determination regions from
representatives throughout the family, understanding the genetic basis
of gender dimorphism in defense and pollinator attraction chemistry,
and the assessment of population genetic patterns across the sex
determination and pseudo-autosomal regions of the sex chromosomes.
Graduate students working on this project will have the opportunity to
choose from a variety of projects including, but not limited to,
mapping the locations of previously unknown sex determination regions,
development of phylogenies for important plant groups, and studying the
evolution of sexual dimorphism in plant defensive and pollinator
attraction compounds. Moreover, the grant provides for a unique
multi-institutional and international training environment, with
potential funding to visit labs at the University of West Virginia, the
University of Wisconsin, Cornell University, and Sichuan University and
Nanjing Forestry University in China for cross-disciplinary training.
The Olson lab is part of a dynamic Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
group at Texas Tech. Courses and focused training in ecology,
bioinformatics, and genomics are available from a highly interactive
faculty. Texas Tech boasts excellent laboratory and research resources
as well as easy access to some of the most beautiful and remote regions
of the lower 48 United States.
Please contact Matt Olson directly at matt.olson@ttu.edu for more
information regarding opportunities and application information.
Additional information about the Olson lab can be found at
www.faculty.biol.ttu.edu/olson/Research.html and general information
concerning the Department of Biological Sciences can be found at
"Olson, Matt" <matt.olson@ttu.edu>
#bio, #genetics, #ecology, #botany
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