Fwd: Open PhD position

[Joachim Hermisson]

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Betreff: Open PhD position
Datum: 02.07.2019 18:44
Von: "Foitzik, Susanne" <foi...@uni-mainz.de>
An: Florentine Schaub <florenti...@biologie.uni-freiburg.de>,
"Abel Bernadou" <Abel.B...@biologie.uni-regensburg.de>, Alice
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Doorn" <g.s.va...@rug.nl>, Ido Pen <i.r...@rug.nl>, "Jan Oettler"
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<judit...@biologie.uni-freiburg.de>, Jürgen Heinze
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<karen.m...@biologie.uni-freiburg.de>, Klaus Hartfelder
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"Marina Choppin" <marina....@hotmail.fr>, Marisa Rodrigues
<marisa.alme...@unifr.ch>, Mark Harrison
<harr...@uni-muenster.de>, "Negroni, Matteo" <neg...@uni-mainz.de>,
Megha Majoe <megha...@yahoo.co.in>, Robert Paxton
<robert...@zoologie.uni-halle.de>, Robin Moritz
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Flatt <thomas...@unifr.ch>, Veronika Rau RU <sci...@vrau.eu>, Volker
Nehring <volker....@biologie.uni-freiburg.de>, John Baines
<j.ba...@iem.uni-kiel.de>, "Foitzik, Susanne" <foi...@uni-mainz.de>,
Joachim Hermisson <joachim....@univie.ac.at>, "hut...@bio.lmu.de"
<hut...@bio.lmu.de>, Dirk Metzler <met...@bio.lmu.de>, Parsch John
<par...@bio.lmu.de>, Peter Pfaffelhuber
<peter.pfa...@stochastik.uni-freiburg.de>, Laura Rose
<laura...@hhu.de>, Wolfgang Stephan <Ste...@bio.lmu.de>, Justyna
Wolinska <woli...@igb-berlin.de>, Susanne Voigt <vo...@bio.lmu.de>,
"gri...@igb-berlin.de" <gri...@igb-berlin.de>, "Aparna...@hhu.de"
<Aparna...@hhu.de>, "val...@evolbio.mpg.de"
<val...@evolbio.mpg.de>, Paul Staab <st...@bio.lmu.de>,
"hec...@bio.lmu.de" <hec...@bio.lmu.de>,
"sebastia...@stochastik.uni-freiburg.de"
<sebastia...@stochastik.uni-freiburg.de>, "gril...@gmail.com"
<gril...@gmail.com>, "pdu...@gmail.com" <pdu...@gmail.com>, Helge
Bode <h.b...@bio.uni-frankfurt.de>, "Foitzik, Susanne"
<foi...@uni-mainz.de>, "Kadereit, Gudrun" <clau...@uni-mainz.de>,
"Strauss, Dr. Roland" <rstr...@uni-mainz.de>, "Libbrecht, Dr. Romain"
<rlib...@uni-mainz.de>, "Menzel, Dr. Florian" <men...@uni-mainz.de>,
"Engl, Dr. Tobias" <te...@uni-mainz.de>, "Griebeler, Dr. Eva Maria"
<gri...@uni-mainz.de>, "eike-lena...@senckenberg.de"
<eike-lena...@senckenberg.de>, "mo...@bio.tu-darmstadt.de"
<mo...@bio.tu-darmstadt.de>, "barbara....@senkckenberg.de"
<barbara....@senkckenberg.de>, "juer...@bio.tu-darmstadt.de"
<juer...@bio.tu-darmstadt.de>, "gregor.r...@senckenberg.de"
<gregor.r...@senckenberg.de>, "heet...@bio.tu-darmstadt.de"
<heet...@bio.tu-darmstadt.de>, Blüthgen, Nico
<blue...@bio.tu-darmstadt.de>, "Barbara Drossel"
<dro...@fkp.tu-darmstadt.de>, Matthias Schleuning
<Matthias....@senckenberg.de>, "Dreesmann, Daniel"
<daniel.d...@uni-mainz.de>, Miki Balint <mba...@senckenberg.de>,
"Thines, Eckhard" <thi...@uni-mainz.de>, Markus Pfenninger
<Pfenn...@bio.uni-frankfurt.de>, Simon Scheiter
<simon.s...@senckenberg.de>, Imke Schmitt
<imke.s...@senckenberg.de>, "bfeld...@senckenberg.de"
<bfeld...@senckenberg.de>

Dear Colleagues

I would appreciate if you could forward the following PhD position ad to
interested students.

Thanks a lot! (Sorry for double postings!)

Susanne

PHD POSITION IN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY AT THE JOHANNES GUTENBERG
UNIVERSITY OF MAINZ, GERMANY

--- PARASITE INTERFERENCE WITH HOST GENE REGULATION ---

SUPERVISORS: SUSANNE FOITZIK, PETER BAUMANN, FALK BUTTER

The Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution IOME is seeking a
candidate for a PhD position (starting October 1st 2019) to study the
molecular regulation of parasite interference within a social host
located in the DFG RESEARCH TRAINING GROUP 2526 GENEVO
(https://www.imb.de/about-imb/joint-research-initiatives/genevo/ [1]).
This initiative is centered around the core question of how complex and
multi-layered gene regulatory systems have evolved. This structured PhD
programme brings together scientists with expertise in evolutionary and
molecular biology to train a new, interdisciplinary generation of PhD
students and to solve innovative research questions.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: PARASITE INTERFERENCE WITH GENE REGULATION OF A
SOCIAL HOST

Parasites with complex life cycles often manipulate the behaviour of
their intermediate hosts to increase transmission to the definite host
and we hypothesise that they do so by interfering with host gene
regulation. Infection of _Temnothorax nylanderi_ ant larvae with the
parasitic cestode _ Anomotaenia brevis _strongly alters the adult
phenotype. Parasitized workers exhibit altered behaviour, morphology,
chemical profile and a lifespan extension (Scharf _et al._ 2012
_American Naturalist_, Beros _et al._ 2015 _Proc Roy Soc_). Indeed, the
long-term survival rates of infected workers matches that of queens,
which can reach lifespans of 20 years in these ants. These changes are
linked to transcriptomic alterations (Feldmeyer _et al._ 2016 _Molecular
Ecology_), which might be caused by the parasite. The cestode, residing
in its cysticercoid stage in the ants’ gaster is transcriptionally
active and releases many proteins into the host. The aim of this project
is to demonstrate how parasite-induced changes in host phenotype are
promoted by the parasite. We therefore will study how the cestode
parasite interferes with the hosts’ gene regulation, which
gene-regulatory mechanisms are utilized and whether these alterations
are permanent or have to be actively maintained. This project will
reveal genetic and epigenetic underpinnings of behaviour and longevity
in social insects and will uncover the mechanisms of across-species
interference in gene regulation.

We are looking for a highly motivated student with a Master degree (or
equivalent) in biology, good English skills, and a keen interest in
evolutionary biology. Previous experience with social insects,
statistics and bioinformatics is advantageous, but not required.
Successful applicants will join an international, interactive, dynamic
and English-speaking scientific environment in a brand new building with
access to state-of-the-art, newly equipped laboratories and
climate-controlled rooms. The JGU of Mainz hosts many excellent
scientific institutions, and Mainz is a historic city located on the
Rhine River with a large student population and a rich social and
cultural life.

Interested candidates should apply to foi...@uni.mainz.de until AUGUST
4TH 2019. The best candidates will be invited to the selection days of
the IPP Mainz, 26-28 AUGUST 2019
HTTPS://WWW.IMB.DE/STUDENTS-POSTDOCS/INTERNATIONAL-PHD-PROGRAMME/ [2].
The starting date of the PhD position will be OCTOBER 1ST 2019. The
Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz is interested in increasing the
number of women in science. Applications from women are therefore
strongly encouraged. Similarly, qualified candidates with disabilities
will be preferred.

Prof. Dr. Susanne Foitzik
Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Biozentrum
Hanns Dieter Hüsch Weg 15
D-55128 Mainz
Germany

Tel: +49 (0) 6131 39 27 840
Fax: +49 (0)6131 39 27 850
Email: foi...@uni-mainz.de



Links:
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[1] https://www.imb.de/about-imb/joint-research-initiatives/genevo/
[2] https://www.imb.de/students-postdocs/international-phd-programme/

--
Joachim Hermisson
Professor for Mathematics and Biosciences
University of Vienna
Department for Mathematics
Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Vienna, Austria
and Max F.Perutz Laboratories
Dr.-Bohrgasse 9, 1030 Vienna, Austria
phone: +43 (0) 1 4277 50648
email: joachim....@univie.ac.at
www.mabs.at