Phd position at the University of Aarhus on
Global warming, environmental stress and adaptation.
Climate change as a consequence of global warming may have
important implications for all living organisms, from the DNA
level to that of ecosystems. One crucial question is if
organisms can evolutionarily adapt to temperature changes or
if the response occurs mainly through phenotypic plasticity.
One of the aims of this project is to analyze genetic
variation in candidate genes and in gene expression and to
study how this variation is related to climatic conditions of
populations sampled along “natural” or “simulated” climatic
gradients. Evolutionary molecular genetic studies should be
complemented by physiological investigations on model
organisms (Drosophila) and by studies of field fitness.
Candidates should have some knowledge on applying molecular
methods to questions in evolutionary ecology and, preferably,
some experience in eco-physiology and in handling the model
organism Drosophila.
The fellowship is paid as a full academic salary and partially
supported by the faculty of sciences at Aarhus University, who
wishes to select candidates that have performed among the 10%
of the best students.
Contact persons: Professor Volker Loeschcke (Department of
Biological Sciences, Aarhus University; email biovl@nf.au.dk)
& professor Martin Holmstrup (National Environmental Research
Institute, Aarhus University; email mho@dmu.dk).