A 2-year postdoctoral position is available to work on the evolution of gene expression in Drosophila
Background: The recent technological breakthrough of massively parallel sequencing has the potential to replace currently existing methods for expression profiling. In addition to intraspecific transcriptome analyses, this method also allows the comparison of gene expression between species.
The successful candidate will serve a central role in bridging the gap between experimentalists generating expression data and functional biologists performing tests on interesting obtained from the expression analyses. We are searching for an individual with strong bioinformatic sills, a solid background in biology, and excellent communication aptitude.
The post is based at the Institute of Population Genetics at the VUW, Vienna. The Vienna Research Area has a strong network of research groups interested in population genetics, statistical genetics and bioinformatics providing an excellent scientific environment (e.g. N. Barton, R. Bürger, U. Diekmann A. Futschik, A. v. Haeseler, J. Hermisson, I. Hofacker, C. Kosiol, P. Schuster, K. Sigmund, C. Vogl).
The position is immediately available and the search continues until the position is filled.
Applications should be sent to C. Schlötterer (christian.schloetterer@vu-wien.ac.at), including the names and emails of two academic references and a brief description of the research interests.
