Closing date: 08.08.2010
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Graduate position: Muenster (Germany) - Evolutionary Ecology of Stress and Immunity
We invite applications for a PhD position in the group of Animal Evolutionary Ecology at the Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Muenster, Germany (http://ieb.uni-muenster.de/).
We are seeking highly motivated students with a background in evolutionary ecology, immunology or physiology. Experience with molecular techniques is advantageous. Successful candidates will work in the field of ecological immunology/physiology. Research goals will include the evolutionary relationship between immune defence and stress, using the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum as a model organism. Working language of the lab is English.
Muenster hosts many excellent scientific institutions and is a dynamic city with a high number of students and a rich choice of social, cultural and sporting facilities (see http://www.muenster.de/ en/ for further details).
Interested candidates should send applications (preferentially as E- mail attachment) containing a CV, a list of publications (if available), a research statement and the addresses of two potential referees to:
Prof. Joachim Kurtz
Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity
University of Muenster
Huefferstr. 1
DE-48149 Muenster
Germany
joachim.kurtz@uni-muenster.de
Tel. +49 251 83 24 661
Closing date is August 8th, 2010
See also the following link for this job offer in German:
http://www.uni-muenster.de/Rektorat/Stellen/st_3720.htm
