We are looking for outstanding students to fill 3 MSc positions. All 3
students would work on an NSERC funded project focusing on how
mycorrhizal fungi facilitate pine regeneration following mountain pine
beetle attack. We are exploring whether needle deposition and
overstory tree mortality alters ectomycorrhizal abundance, community
composition and networks, and in turn whether these affect seedling
regeneration. This project will combine field and greenhouse
experiments, 454 Pyrosequencing technology and expertise from
ecology, physiology, mycology, entomology, chemical ecology and
silviculture to identify management practices to enhance forest
sustainability.
Funding is a combination of TA and summer support. There are
opportunities for paid positions prior to the commencement of MSc
studies in September 2011. This is an interdisciplinary, integrative
project drawing on strengths from the labs of James Cahill, Suzanne
Simard, Janice Cooke and Nadir Elbilgin. Two MSc positions will be
through the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of
Alberta, and the other through the Department of Renewable Resources
at the University of Alberta. Admission general details can be found
here:
http://www.gradstudies.ualberta.ca/depts/biosci.htm
http://www.gradstudies.ualberta.ca/depts/renewresources.htm
If you are interested in working on this project please contact:
James F Cahill, jc.cah...@ualberta.ca
http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/cahill_lab/
