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We are proud to announce the start of the MOLMORPH Marie-Curie Program
that includes palaeontological approaches. Please make the call for
applications available to potential candidates. Application deadline:
31. January 2006.
Sorry for cross-posting!
M O L M O R P H
Marie Curie Actions - Early Stage Training
Copenhagen - Barcelona - Berlin - Ulm - Vienna
Evolution of animal body plans as inferred by developmental biology,
morphology, molecular phylogeny, and palaeontology
10 PhD fellowships available in an EU Marie Curie network in
Evolutionary Developmental Biology
A total of 10 Ph.D. studentships is available for 36 months each,
funded by the Marie Curie Early Stage Research Training Network
“Evolution of animal body plans as inferred by developmental biology,
morphology, molecular phylogeny, and palaeontology (MOLMORPH)”. The
network has its focus on comparative data acquisition from “non-model
system” species of a large variety of taxa throughout the entire
Metazoa. The fellows are expected to participate in integrative research
projects applying a variety of methodologies such as immunocytochemical,
molecular, and palaeontological techniques. Thus, the fellows will
receive comprehensive training in a variety of research areas relevant
to modern Evolutionary Zoology such as immunocytochemistry, confocal
microscopy, molecular biology, in situ gene expression analysis,
phylogenetic analyses, etc. Due to the aspired comprehensiveness of the
training the fellows will be expected to travel between some of the host
institutions in order to profit from the expertise provided by each host
group. 2 fellowships are avaible at each of the institutions of the
network, which includes the universities of Copenhagen (Denmark), Berlin
and Ulm (Germany), Vienna (Austria), and Barcelona (Spain).
*_Copenhagen:_*
Fellows enrolled at the University of Copenhagen will be
engaged in the group of Andreas Wanninger. The main focus of our current
research is on inferring the ontogeny and evolution of muscular and
neural systems within the Lophotrochozoa, such as flatworms, entoprocts,
bryozoans, molluscs, and brachiopods, in order to contribute to
questions relating to lophotrochozoan and bilaterian evolution. The
successful candidates will work with embryonic and larval material of
various marine invertebrates and will apply fluorescence labelling of
neural and muscular structures, confocal laser-scanning microscopy, 3D
imaging techniques, and electron microscopy in their projects. These
data will be supplemented by gene expression analyses of candidate genes
potentially involved in myo- and neurogenesis (in conjunction with our
partners in Barcelona, Vienna, and Berlin). Candidates should send their
application and/or requests for further information by e-mail to Assoc.
Prof. Dr. Andreas Wanninger: awanninger@bi.ku.dk.
Homepage: http://www.bi.ku.dk/staff/staff-vip-details.asp?ID=147.
*_Barcelona:_*
The fellows at the University of Barcelona will be
dedicated to the characterization of gene/gene networks involved in the
patterning of the major body axis in the ”primitive” bilaterian acoel
worms. The main interest of our laboratory is the understanding of the
mechanisms underlying the evolutionary transition that gave rise to
bilaterian animals from radially symmetrical ancestors. Molecular
Biology and Genomics technologies will be used in this context.*
*Candidates should send their application and/or requests for further
information by e-mail to Dr. Pedro Martinez: Pedro.martinez@ub.edu.
Homepage: http://www.ub.edu/genetica/evo-devoen/martinez.htm
*_Berlin:_*
One focus of the research group of Gerhard Scholtz at the
Humboldt-University is the analysis of cell lineages during early
cleavage, gastrulation, germ band formation and morphogenesis, namely
neurogenesis and segmentation. Successful applicants will be involved in
this kind of research studying the early embryonic development of
arthropods, spiralians, and related taxa. This will be a contribution to
the current debates of metazoan phylogenetic relationships such as
Ecdysozoa versus Articulata and Lophotrochozoa versus Spiralia. Various
techniques will be applied such as single cell labelling,
confocal-laser-scanning microscopy, computer aided 3-D reconstructions,
4-D microscopy, immunocytochemistry, etc. In cooperation with the other
labs involved in the project additional techniques such as molecular
genetics, cladistic analyses, and palaeontological methods can be used
if required. Candidates should send their application and/or requests
for further information by e-mail to Prof. Dr. Gerhard Scholtz:
gerhard.scholtz@rz.hu-berlin.de.
Homepage: http://www.biologie.hu-berlin.de/~zoologie/
*_Ulm:_*
Fellows enrolled at the University of Ulm will be engaged in
two different working groups: The group of Dieter Waloszek focuses on
Recent and fossil arthropods and nemathelminths using Early Palaeozoic
evidence especially from the Swedish ‘Orsten’ and the Chinese
Maotianshan-Shale biota. We will, e.g., consider questions of tagmosis
and segmentation including ontogenetic evidence and phylogenetic
systematics. The applicants should have interest in handling and
microscopy of fossil material. The second group, headed by Steffen
Harzsch, explores structure and development of the arthropod nervous
system in an evolutionary context. The fellow will analyse neurogenesis
and gene expression in the brain of a crustacean and other non-model
arthropods. Methods include immunohistochemistry, proliferation markers,
confocal microscopy, and /in situ/ hybridization. This project requires
experience in histological and molecular biological techniques.
Candidates should send their application and/or requests for further
information by e-mail to Prof. Dr. Dieter Waloszek:
dieter.waloszek@uni-ulm.de and PD Dr. Steffen Harzsch, repectively
steffen.harzsch@uni-ulm.de.
Homepages: http://biosys-serv.biologie.uni-ulm.de;
http://stammhirn.biologie.uni-ulm.de/ge/Frameset.htm.
*_Vienna:_*
Fellows at the University of Vienna will dedicate their
research on the characterization and evolution of homeobox genes (e.g.
HOX, engrailed) in molluscs and tardigrades. Both groups of animals
mark major evolutionary transitions, from acoelomates to coelomates and
proarthropods to arthropods. The projects include rearing of animals,
molecular biology methods, phylogenetic analyses, and gene expression
experiments (in cooperation with partners in Barcelona and Copenhagen).
Candidates should send their application and/or requests for further
information by e-mail to Prof. Gerhard Steiner:
gerhard.steiner@univie.ac.at.
Homepage: http://www.univie.ac.at/molecular-phylogenetics.
All applicants should have a B.Sc., B.Sc., Diploma, or equivalent.
Experience in one of the above mentioned techniques is desirable but not
a necessity. Applicants must meet the eligibility criteria for EU Marie
Curie Early Stage Research Training programmes which include the following:
(1) Candidates must not be a national of the respective host country.
(2) Candidates must have no more than four years of full time graduate
research experience.
(3) Candidates may not have resided or carried out their main activity
in the respective host country for more than 12 months in the 3 years
prior to the start of the fellowship.
Please note that a maximum of 30% of the fellowships may be available to
non-EU nationals. The salary will be between 30.500 and 40.000 €* *per
annum depending on current salary scales of the respective host country,
family status of the fellow, etc. Each fellow will also be entitled to
receive additional benefits such as travel and mobility allowances and
career development fees.
Applications should be sent ELECTRONICALLY (i.e., by e-mail) to the
contact person of the respective host institution (see above) or to the
MOLMORPH coordinator (A. Wanninger) and should include a CV, publication
list (if available), a short outline of a proposed PhD project, and the
email addresses of two potential referees. Closing date: Jan. 31st, 2006
or once suitable candidates have been found. Shortlisted candidates will
be invited for an interview soon after the deadline. All host
institutions are equal opportunity employers and selection of the
fellows will be on merit alone. In order to improve gender balance
within the European Research Area, female candidates are particularly
encouraged to apply.
Cheers,
Gerhard Steiner
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Gerhard Steiner
Associate Professor
Molecular Phylogenetics
Department Evolutionary Biology
Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna
Althanstr. 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
Tel: ++43 1 4277 54450 FAX: ++43 1 4277 9544
http://www.univie.ac.at/molecular-phylogenetics/index.html
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