11 PhD Funded Positions in Evolutionary Genomics in Animals, Plants, and Fungi

11 PhD Funded Positions in Evolutionary Genomics in animals, plants, and fungi: Consequences of Biodiverse Reproductive Systems at University of Goettingen in Germany; Evolutionary Genomics: Consequences of Biodiverse Reproductive Systems (EvoReSt) – RTG 2984; Deadline: 9 September 2024;

About us: Georg-August University of Goettingen was founded in 1737. As an institution is resulted from the critical spirit of the Enlightenment. Georgia Augusta succeeded in producing or offering temporary scientific shelter to world-class researchers throughout the ages who have contributed to the University’s international reputation in the natural sciences as well as in the arts.

Our Research Training School “Evolutionary Genomics: Consequences of Biodiverse Reproductive Systems (EvoReSt)”. (Spokesperson: Elvira Hörandl). The goal of our RTG is to analyze the evolution of genomes in sexual and asexual organisms in animals, plants, and fungi. We will study the evolution of nuclear genomes (Focus A), the interaction of nuclear-organelle genomes, and horizontal gene transfer via viruses (Focus B). We will develop new methods and models for genome analysis (Focus C).

The graduate school will be embedded in the overarching Göttingen graduate school GAUSS, and within GAUSS in the GGNB program “Genes, Development, Disease and Evolution. We will offer specific seminars, methods courses, workshops, and joint PhD supervision. We will offer a comprehensive qualification program with specific seminars, methods courses, workshops, and joint PhD supervision.

PhD Projects:

To apply: Candidates for PhD positions (see PhD1 topics): please send applications exclusively via the advertisment portal at http://obp.uni-goettingen.de/de-de/OBF/Index/74570. Please indicate your preferred project(s) in your motivation letter. Deadline: 9 September 2024

Project A1: Comparative analyses of genome evolution in sexual and asexual cirratulid annelids across time and space (Christoph Bleidorn; cbleido@gwdg.de). Department Animal Evolution and Biodiversity link.
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Project A2: Sexual and asexual genome evolution in flowering plants (Elvira Hörandl; ehoeran@gwdg.de). Department of Systematics, Biodiversity and Evolution of Plants (with Herbarium) link.
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Project A3: Heterothallic and homothallic genome evolution in the fungal genus Sordaria (Stefanie Pöggeler; Stefanie.Poeggeler@biologie.uni-goettingen.de).
Department of Genetics of Eukaryotic Microorganisms link.
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Project A4: Genomic causes and consequences of asexuality in the planarian flatworm Schmidtea mediterranea (Jochen Rink; jochen.rink@mpinat.mpg.de). Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Department of Tissue Dynamics and Regeneration link.
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Project B1: Role of different phage types as drivers of host pangenome structure and evolution (Rolf Daniel; rdaniel@gwdg.de). Dept. of Genomic and Applied Microbiology & Göttingen Genomics Laboratory link.
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Project B2: Investigation of the interaction between phages, bacteria and plants (Ines Friedrich; ines.friedrich@uni-goettingen.de). Dept. of Genomic and Applied Microbiology & Göttingen Genomics Laboratory. link.
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Project B3: Consequences of endosymbiotic gene transfer and mosaicism in embryophyte pathways (Jan de Vries; devries.jan@uni-goettingen.de). Dept. of Applied Bioinformatics link.
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Project B4: Evolutionary consequences of inheritance-coupled symbiont transmission (Sophie de Vries; sophie.devries@uni-goettingen.de). Dept. of Applied Bioinformatics link.
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Project B5: Genomic consequences of sexual and parthenogenetic reproduction for the co-evolutionary patterns of the mito-nuclear complex in oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) (Stefan Scheu, Mark Maraun; sscheu@gwdg.de; Mark.Maraun@biologie.uni-goettingen.de). Deptartment Animal Ecology link.
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Project C1: Leveraging Hi-C to map regulatory chromosomal 3D architectures (Argyris Papantonis; argyris.papantonis@med.uni-goettingen.de). University Medical Center Göttingen, Transnational Epigenetics link.
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Project C2: Novel methods for analysis of selection using mutation-selection (Johannes Söding; soeding@mpinat.mpg.de ). Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Dept. of Computational Biology link.
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