[Employment] Postdoctoral vacancy on transcription factors

[Anthony Wright]

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Position available to study the molecular mechanisms of evolutionary  
adaptation. The successful applicant will form part of a  
multidisciplinary programme in which molecular biologists,  
developmental biologists and ecologists interact.

The successful applicant will have excellent skills in PCR and other  
central molecular biology techniques. Furthermore, he/she will have  
an interest in multidisciplinary approaches to complex biological  
problems and will be able to contribute to the different biological  
areas within the project. The project will test whether genes  
encoding transcription factors are preferred targets for adaptive  
mutations during evolutionary diversification. Approaches in the  
project involve adaptation experiments in yeast as well as DNA  
sequence analysis of genetic polymorphisms in morphologically  
different fish and plant populations.

Previous experience of work with transcription factors, larger-scale  
sequencing projects, DNA microarrays, bioinformatics and yeast  
molecular biology would be an advantage. It is expected that the  
successful applicant will have completed their PhD studies within the  
last 5 years.

The project will be carried out at Södertörns Högskola, a new  
University College located in Flemingsberg, 15 km south of central  
Stockholm. Södertörns Högskola shares its campus with the Karolinska  
Institute, the Royal Institute of Technology and the Karolinska  
Hospital. The position is for a period of 2-3 years and is available  
immediately. For more information, contact Prof. Anthony Wright +46(0) 
86084708 or Ass. Prof. Mats Grahn +48(0)860847.

Applications containing curriculum vitae, publication list and the  
names of two referees should be sent to Prof Anthony Wright at the  
School of Life Sciences - anthony.wright from sh.se, not later than April  
30th.