PhD Position 2008 Switzerland University of Zurich
Social selection in house mice
PhD position in Animal Behaviour at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.
A 3-year SNF-funded PhD student position is available in the Animal
Behaviour group of the Zoological Institute of the University of Zurich,
Switzerland to study the evolution of a cooperative behaviour in wild
house mice. In house mice, females rear their litters cooperatively,
sharing all maternal care of the pups, or alone. Fitness consequences
of cooperative care in wild mice are not yet known. The project aims to
measure selection on cooperative maternal care, identify environmental
influences on trait expression, and unravel the genetic architecture
underlying this trait.
We combine laboratory experiments with field work on a free-living
population of wild house mice outside of Zurich. We are developing an
excellent dataset on social affiliations and lifetime reproduction of
individual mice. Currently, we are building a genetic pedigree of the
population for use in animal modelling by the PhD student.
The research team includes Dr. Anna Lindholm and Prof. Barbara Koenig
at the University of Zurich, and Dr. Luc Janss of the Bioinformatics and
Statistical Genetics Group, Aarhus University, Denmark. The University of
Zurich offers excellent research facilities and a rich academic community,
see http://www.lifesciencezurich.ch.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated student who is
interested in social behaviour and quantitative genetics. Experience
in handling animals is an asset. A high quality honours or Masters degree
or similar in Natural Sciences, with a good background in statistics, is
required, as is a driver’s license. Yearly salary is 38000 – 44000 SFr.
The working language is English.
Applicants should submit a letter summarising motivation, research
interests and relevant experience, a short CV (max 2 pages), undergraduate
and masters/diploma transcripts, a list of publications (if any), and the
names and contact information including e-mail addresses of 2 researchers
willing to write a letter of reference, all as one pdf file, to
anna.lindholm@zool.uzh.ch. Please write “PhD position” on the subject line.
Review of applications will start on April 15 and will continue until the
position has been filled. Ideally, the successful applicant will start in
May.
Dr Anna Lindholm
Research Associate
Animal Behaviour / Verhaltensbiologie
University of Z?rich Tel: +41 (0)44 6355276
Institute of Zoology Fax: +41 (0)44 6355490
Winterthurerstrasse 190
CH-8057 Z?rich
Switzerland
Email: anna.lindholm@zool.uzh.ch
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