POST-DOC POSITION IN EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY AT U SHERBROOKE, U LAVAL & UQAM (WINTER 2016)

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A postdoc position is available as part of a FRQNT project on “adaptation to insularity and the role of behaviour in the dynamics of a metapopulation of deer mice Peromyscus maniculatus in Northwest Ontario”. The project will involve laboratory work with high-throughput SNPs genotyping and next generation sequencing, bioinformatics and fieldwork. The postdoc will be involved in all the aspects of the project, from data collection to publication. She/he will be part of a team of researchers composed of Denis Réale and Steven Kembel (Université du Québec À Montréal), Dany Garant (Université de Sherbrooke), Louis Bernatchez (Université Laval), and 2 PhD students.

Requirement : PhD in ecological genetics. A candidate with an experience on SNPs, next generation sequencing and bioinformatics is preferred. We are seeking a very autonomous, highly motivated, productive person, who will be willing to gain experience both in the lab and in the field. The candidate will be based in Sherbrooke University (with Dany Garant), will do extensive lab works in Laval University (in Louis Bernatchez’ lab), and frequent visits to UQAM (Montréal). Fieldwork will be conducted near Kenora (Northwest Ontario) in July and August 2016. Although the candidate will work in francophone Universities, French is not required.

The position is available for one year starting in January 2016, with possibility of renewal depending on research progress. To apply please send your CV, statement of research interests, and letters from at least two references, before October 10, to Denis Réale  (reale...@uqam.ca) or by mail to Denis Reale, Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec À Montréal, CP 8888 succursale centre-ville, Montréal, Quebec, H3C3P8.