Position as PhD Research Fellow (Stipendiat SKO 1017) available at the Department of Biology, Microbial Evolution Research Group.
The fellowship is for a period of up to 4 years, with 25 % compulsory work. Starting date no later than 01.10.2011. The project will be at the Microbial Evolutionary Research Group, which is a strategic research programme at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.
Job/ project description:
Applications and inquiries are invited from qualified, motivated and enthusiastic students wish-ing to pursue a PhD degree in microbial evolution, with particular emphasis on Radiolaria bi-ology, phylogeny and genomics. Major goal for the research is to develop and optimize single cell whole genome amplification (SCWGA) methods for single cells of unculturable eukaryo-tes, partially sequence the nuclear and mitochondrial genome of radiolarian species in order to provide data for studies of gene and genome organisation of Radiolaria, and comparative studies of related eukaryote groups such as Foraminifera and Cercozoa.
Requirements/qualifications:
Applicants must hold a Master’s degree or equivalent in biology and have considerable ex-periences with SCWGA, phylogenetic methods and knowledge of standard molecular and bioinformatic techniques. In addition, it is required that the applicant has extended knowledge about microbial eukaryotes, preferably Radiolaria and other groups among Rhizaria. The ap-plicant must have serious research interests in microbial evolution and excellent written and oral communication skills. Experience with any of the following topics is an advantage: ge-nomics, overview of the systematics of protists, microcapillary isolation techniques and mi-croscopy.
The purpose of the fellowship is research training leading to the successful completion of a PhD degree.
The fellowship requires admission to the research training programme at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. An approved plan for the research training, including a project outline, must be submitted no later than two months after taking up the position, and the admission must be approved within three months. For more information see hereand here.
A good command of English is required.
Salary:
Pay grade: 48 - 56 (NOK 383 700 – 440 500 per year)
The application must include:
- Application letter
- CV (summarizing education, positions and academic work - scientific publications)
- Copies of educational certificates, transcript of records and letters of recommendation
- List of publications and academic work that the applicant wishes to be considered by the evaluation committee
- Names and contact details of 2-3 referees (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and telephone number)
Foreign applicants are advised to attach an explanation of their University’s grading system. Please remember that all documents should be in English or a Scandinavian language.
In accordance with the University of Oslo’s equal opportunities policy, we invite applications from all interested individuals regardless of gender or ethnicity.
UiO has an agreement for all employees, aiming to secure rights to research results a.o.
- Region:
- Oslo
- Job type:
- Contract
- Working hours:
- Full-time
- Working days:
- Day
- Application deadline:
- April 15, 2011
- Expected Start Date:
- October 1, 2011
- Location:
- Blindern, Oslo
- Reference number:
- 2011/3782
- Home page:
- http://www.bio.uio.no
- Contacts:
- Associate professor Kamran Shalchian-Tabrizi
Telephone: +47 41045328 - Professor Kjell Bjørklund
Telephone: +47 22851669 - Tom Kristensen
Telephone: +47 22856629
Mobile: +47 92068431
