A graduate assistantship, for a Ph.D. candidate, is available in the
Department of Entomology at Iowa State University. This assistantship is
funded through the Biotechnology Risk Assessment Grant’s program of the
United States Department of Agriculture, and will focus on the evolution of
resistance to transgenic corn by western corn rootworm, one of the most
serious agricultural pests in the United States. The specific objectives of
the project are to 1) characterize resistance to transgenic corn in field
populations of western corn rootworm, 2) measure the inheritance and fitness
trade-offs of resistance traits, and 3) apply quantitative trait locus
mapping and genomic approaches to determine the genetic basis of resistance.
This assistantship will cover tuition, stipend and health insurance. Iowa
State University is ranked among the top universities in the world for the
study of agriculture, and graduates from the Department of Entomology have
career opportunities in academia, government and industry. Iowa State
University is located in the city of Ames, which is ranked among the best
cities to live in the United States. To learn more about the Department of
Entomology, visit http://www.ent.iastate.edu/ . If you are interested in
this assistantship, please contact Aaron Gassmann (aaro...@iastate.edu).
