UBC Postdoc Opportunity

A post-doctoral position is open in the laboratory of Kermit Ritland to investigate questions in theoretical and/or statistical aspects of genome evolution in populations.

A post-doctoral position is open in the laboratory of Kermit Ritland to investigate questions in theoretical and/or statistical aspects of genome evolution in populations. Background in population or evolutionary genetics, knowledge of
some statistics, and evidence of programming ability, are essential.

The type of research depends upon your background and interests, but may include activities such as inferences about selection based upon SNP variation, patterns of multilocus evolution, or association studies. The types of questions could be highly aligned with the data emerging from the Forestry Genome
BC project (www.genome.bc.ca) currently underway in our department (Forest Sciences), and with other genome projects.

At the University of British Columbia, there are several other research groups in population and evolutionary genetics, including those of Dolph Schluter, Sally Otto, Mike Whitlock and Quentin Cronk. Vancouver is also well-known for its environment and lifestyle.

The position is funded mostly by NSERC of Canada, for ca. 35K (CAN) per year for two years, and is available immediately.

Submit applications to: kermit.ritland@ubc.ca.

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 3:51 AM on August 28, 2003