I am looking for a PhD student to work on a project examining the ecology and adaptation of Detroit River brown bullhead (a catfish) to high levels of contaminants (relative to bullhead from "clean" sites). Preliminary data indicate these fish may have evolved a completely different contaminant response pathway to deal with the carcinogenic effects of PAHs etc. The project will include lots of field work, plus microarray, qRT-PCR and population genetics lab work. Some background would be preferable, but I can train in the technical lab stuff. I have funding for 4 years.
The project starts immediately, so contact me ASAP (with CV, e-mail addresses of potential references, and a grade summary) if you are interested. Daniel Heath Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research University of Windsor 401 Sunset Ave Windsor, Ont, Canada N9B 3P4 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (519) 253-3000, Ext 3762 Fax: 971-3616 www.uwindsor.ca/heathresearchgroup/
