Conservation Genomics Postdoc Under the University of California, President’s Office Catalyst program, a three-year award has been made for 1.75 million dollars to establish a conservation genomics network among 6 campuses. The goal of the program is to support research, develop new analytical tools, educate graduate and post-graduate students via workshops, and interface with conservation managers and planners as well as the general public.
We have support for a two-year post-doc beginning January 2017 (start date is flexible for the right candidate) at the University of California, Merced to work on (1) adaptation to seastar wasting disease and (2) conservation and adaptation to vernal pools in invertebrates and plants. We are looking for a researcher with keen interest in conservation genetics and with experience in relevant wetlab protocols and strengths in bioinformatics. The postdoc also will liaise with other conservation genetics network members (https://ucconservationgenomics.eeb.ucla.edu/affiliations/) and assist in project workshops and the educational mission of the program. Interested researchers should have a recent PhD and contact mdaw...@ucmerced.edu & jsext...@ucmerced.edu. Please send a one-page project plan, CV, and cover letter with brief discussion of qualifications and goals. Deadline for applications: 18 September 2016. More information is available at: https://ucconservationgenomics.eeb.ucla.edu/projects/ochre-seastar/ https://ucconservationgenomics.eeb.ucla.edu/positions/hiring-postdocs/ PIs for the projects are: Mike Dawson -:- http://mnd.ucmerced.edu Jay Sexton -:- http://sextonlab.ucmerced.edu
