2 Ph.D. positions AFLP - nuclear genes - phylogeography

[Dirk Albach]

Job announcement 1

A position for a Ph.D. student within a project financed by the Austrian
Science Foundation (FWF) is available at the Institut für Botanik,
University of Vienna. The preferred starting date would be April, 1st, 2006.


The project investigates the phylogeographical patterns of three groups of
Veronica on the Balkan Peninsula using AFLP fingerprints. The Ph.D. student
will be involved in extensive field work on the Balkan Peninsula and
adjacent areas. Results will be compared with nuclear DNA sequence data
generated by another member of the lab group. The project is jointly headed
by Prof. Manfred A. Fischer and Dr. Peter Schönswetter in Vienna and Dr.
Dirk Albach at the University of Mainz (Germany).

Applicants should have experience in field work and basic knowledge in
molecular techniques. Experience with AFLP and/or travelling on the Balkan
is especially welcome.

Please send application including CV and names and address of two referees
by mail or e-mail to Dr. Dirk Albach, Institut für Spezielle Botanik und
Botanischer Garten, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz (or
albach at uni-mainz.de). Use the same address if you have further questions.
Deadline is January, 14th, 2006.


Job announcement 2

A position for a Ph.D. student within a project co-financed by the German
Science Foundation (DFG) and the Austrian Science Foundation (FWF) is
available at the Institut für Spezielle Botanik und Botanischer Garten,
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz and the Institut für Botanik,
University of Vienna. The preferred starting date would be February, 1st,
2006.

The project investigates the evolution of nuclear markers in different
groups of Veronica with different breeding system and evolutionary history.
One of the target genes is a gene involved in the self-incompatibility
reaction. The results will also be used in a phylogeographical study and
compared to complimentary multilocus data generated by another member of the
lab group. The studies will be guided by Dr. Dirk Albach in Mainz and Prof.
Manfred A. Fischer in Vienna.

Applicants should have experience in molecular techniques and interest in
evolutionary questions. Experience with cloning and sequencing nuclear genes
is especially welcome.

Please send application including CV and names and address of two referees
by mail or e-mail to Dr. Dirk Albach, Institut für Spezielle Botanik und
Botanischer Garten, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz (or
albach at uni-mainz.de). Use the same address if you have further questions.
Deadline is December, 23rd, 2005.