Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) in Marine Evolutionary Genomics/ Asexual Adaptation of Seagrass Clones

Application deadline: September 25th, 2020

 

GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel is a foundation of public law jointly financed by the Federal Republic of Germany (90 %) and the state of Schleswig-Holstein (10 %) and is one of the internationally leading institutions in the field of marine sciences. Currently, GEOMAR has an annual budget of approx. €80 million and employs approx. 1000 scientists, technical staff and students.

The research unit Marine Evolutionary Ecology within the research division Marine Ecology is offering the post of a

Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) in Marine Evolutionary Genomics/ Asexual Adaptation of Seagrass Clones

starting the earliest 1 December 2020. The position is available for a funding period of three years until 30 November 2023.

Job and Project Description

 

  • Although asexually growing, large clones of seagrasses are the basis for stable and productive ecosystems in many marine coastal locations. Recent findings discovered abundant somatic genetic polymorphisms that could play a role in local adaptation and resilience of seagrass to rapid environmental change (see Nature Ecol Evol 2020; doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1196-4).
  • The aim of ADAPTASEX is to experimentally test a possible role of somatic genetic polymorphisms for evolutionary adaptation of seagrass clones. A second objective, addressed together with theoretical colleagues in the ADAPTASEX collaborative project, is to distinguish neutral and selective allele frequency changes and to model temporal and spatial adaptation dynamics. A further comparative question will be whether and how somatically generated mutations in corals and seagrasses can also influence genetic variation within the sexual reproductive cycle.
  • The work is embedded into the recently funded “Human Frontiers of Science Program” (HFSP) project ADAPTASEX, which aims to study and model diverse asexual adaptation processes in coral colonies, seagrass clones and cancer tumors in a comparative approach.

 

Required and desirable qualifications

 

  • The successful candidate should have a PhD or doctoral degree in biology or oceanography along with a solid education and/or postdoctoral experience in (marine) evolutionary biology or evolutionary ecology. Publications in international scientific journals, ideally in the field of (marine) genomics or evolutionary biology, are expected.
  • Experience in high-throughput sequencing, bioinformatics including scripting in programming languages, population genetic modelling, or the performance of evolutionary ecology experiments is highly desirable, as is knowledge of marine coastal habitats including seagrass beds.

 

The salary depends on qualification and could be up to the class E13 TVöD-Bund of the German tariff for public employees. This is a full-time position that cannot be split. Yet, flexible working time models are in principle possible that allow for a temporary reduction of the working time to 75% of a full-time employment.

GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel seeks to increase the proportion of female scientists and explicitly encourages qualified female academics to apply.

GEOMAR is an equal opportunity employer and encourages scientists with disabilities to apply. Qualified disabled applicants will receive preference in the application process.

Please send your application via email in a single pdf-file, mentioning the keyword “ADAPTASEX” in the subject line. We would like to receive your application no later than 25 September 2020 to bewerbung(at)geomar.de.

As soon as the selection procedure is finished, all application data will be removed according to data protection regulation.

For further information regarding the position, the project or the research unit please contact Prof. Thorsten Reusch (treusch@geomar.de).

Please do not contact us by phone about the status of your application. However, we will answer any questions via e-mail to bewerbung(at)geomar.de. Please refer to the posting’s keyword ADAPTASEX.

GEOMAR is a member of the Helmholtz Association. For further information please visit www.geomar.de or www.helmholtz.de.

GEOMAR is committed to a non-discriminatory personnel selection. Our job advertisements address all people.

Link: https://www.geomar.de/en/karriere/job-single-en/wissenschaftler-m-w-d-in-mariner-evolutionsgenomik-asexuelle-anpassung-von-klonalen-seegraesern

 

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