[Mitarbeiter.zoologie] 14 PhD positions at Kiel University

Fr Jul 5 10:59:23 CEST 2019

Dear all,

Some of these might be of interest.

All the best,

Alice

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From: <evoldir at evol.biology.mcmaster.ca<mailto:evoldir at evol.biology.mcmaster.ca>>
Subject: Graduate position: KielU.14.EvolutionaryBiol
Date: 5. July 2019 at 09:42:03 CEST
To: <joachim.kurtz at uni-muenster.de<mailto:joachim.kurtz at uni-muenster.de>>
Reply-To: <brian at helix.biology.mcmaster.ca<mailto:brian at helix.biology.mcmaster.ca>>

*Call for applications – 14 PhD positions at Kiel University*

*Research Training School “Translational Evolutionary Research”*

The *Research Training Group (RTG) “Translational Evolutionary Research” *is
offering *up to 14 PhD positions (3 year and 2.5 months fixed-term
positions, 65% TV-L, TV-ÖD E13)*. The graduate school aims at studying the
relevance of evolutionary principles to applied problems. Unintended
outcomes of human intervention often result from actions that influence
natural selection. For example, the usage of antibiotics or anti-cancer
drugs in medicine, of pesticides in agriculture, or human perturbation of
the earth’s ecosystems directly change natural selection and thereby affect
the evolution of organisms. Surprisingly, evolutionary concepts are only
rarely used to improve our understanding of these applied challenges and to
develop new sustainable solutions. The RTG will train PhD students in the
competences to do so.

This RTG is a joint initiative of Kiel University, the Max-Planck-Institute
for Evolutionary Biology in Plön, the Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research
Kiel (GEOMAR), the Research Center Borstel (Leibniz Lung Center), and the
Max-Rubner-Institute Kiel. The RTG offers an internationally competitive
research environment with state-of-the-art facilities. The participating
groups use a variety of different methods, including evolutionary
experimental, molecular, genomic, and theoretical approaches.

The graduate program starts with a *rotation period of 2.5 months followed
by a PhD project of three years* including seminars, courses and workshops.
The language of the graduate school is English. Financial support is
provided throughout the program. PhD projects are offered as tandem
projects (i.e., two related PhD projects) and cover the following topics:

*1)    **Evolutionary management of harvested populations*

*1.1 PI Thorsten Reusch: **Fisheries-induced evolution*

*1.2 PI Martin Quaas: **Evolutionary fishery economics and management*

*2)    **Plant breeding and disease control*

*2.1 PI Christian Jung: **Genetic analysis of leaf spot resistance*

*2.2 PI Eva Stukenbrock: **Plant pathogen evolution on cultivated and wild
plant hosts*

*3)    **Plasmid-mediated resistance spread in food production*

*3.1 PI Tal Dagan: Plasmid evolution in the food industry*

*3.2 PI Hildegard Uecker: Mathematical modeling of the evolution and spread
of plasmid mediated antibiotic resistance*

*4)    **Evolution of human pathogens under antibiotic therapy*

*4.1 PI Stefan Niemann: **Adaptation of Mtbc to antibiotic treatment*

*4.2 PI Hinrich Schulenburg: **Efficacy of sequential therapy against
clinical*Pseudomonas

*5)    **Fecal microbiota transplants in inflammatory bowel disease*

*5.1 PI Charles Franz: **Relationship between Lactobacillus diversity and
host FUT2 genotype*

*5.2** PI John Baines: Evaluating** the gut microbiome for adaptation to
host Fut2 genotype*

*6)    **Sex-specific link between fertility, pregnancy, and longevity*

*6.1 PI Almut Nebel: **Late-life fertility and longevity in humans*

*6.2 PI Olivia Roth: **Pregnancy/late-life fertility and longevity in
sex-role reversed pipefish*

*7)    **Evolution of pancreatic cancer cells under chemotherapy*

*7.1 PI Susanne Sebens: **Experimental analysis of the evolution of
pancreatic cancer cells under chemotherapy*

*7.2 PI Arne Traulsen: **Mathematical modelling of the evolution of
pancreatic cancer cells under chemotherapy*

*To obtain further information about our PhD program, the PhD topics, and
application details please visit: *
*http://www.kec.uni-kiel.de/training/TransEvo.php*

Well-motivated and highly qualified students are welcome to apply. A Master
of Science degree or a Diploma as well as a strong interest in Evolutionary
Biology are prerequisites for entering the program. We are looking forward
to your application for a PhD project in the beautiful landscape of
Northern Germany.

*The deadline for applications is August 15, 2019.*

The selection week will be held from October 8 - 10.

The program itself starts on December 1, 2019.

*T*he university endeavours to increase the proportion of women in research
and teaching and therefore urges appropriately qualified women to apply.
Priority is given to women who have equal aptitude and professional
performance.

The university is committed to the employment of severely disabled people.
For this reason, severely disabled applicants will be given preferential
consideration if they are suitably qualified.

We explicitly welcome applications from people with a migration background.

Applications should include: a letter of motivation (max. 1 page),
curriculum vitae, a list of max. 3 preferred PhD topics (from among the
offered projects) plus a short explanation of the preferences (max. 1
page), the names and addresses of 2 referees (who are familiar with the
applicant's work).

We explicitly ask you to refrain from submitting photographs/application
photos.

Please send the *application as a single PDF-file *by*August 15, 2019 *to:

*Dr. Sabrina Koehler, Am Botanischen Garten 9, 24118 Kiel, +49 (0) 431 –
880 4148*

skoehler at zoologie.uni-kiel.de<mailto:skoehler at zoologie.uni-kiel.de>

If you have any questions on the RTG program or individual projects, please
also contact Dr. Sabrina Koehler (skoehler at zoologie.uni-kiel.de).

Sabrina Koehler <skoehler at zoologie.uni-kiel.de>

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