Dear Ecolog-L members,
We have an exciting funded PhD studentship available to explore the
factors that influence
the efficiency of selection at different levels of biological organization with
Dr. Etienne Low-
Décarie and with the co-supervision of Dr Corinne Whitby in the School of
Biological Sciences of
the University of Essex.
The PhD Student will use artificial selection applied to phytoplankton
communities to
change a target trait (lipid production/pollutant degradation). The approach
will allow the
investigation of the importance of biodiversity and initial community
composition for the
response to selection, the determination of the mechanisms such as dispersal
across a meta-
community that can maintain diversity during the selection process and the
predictability of the
change in community composition as a response to selection.
More about the position is available at:
http://etiennelowdecarie.org/2015/05/14/industrial-strength-eco-evolution-artificial-
selection-of-microbial-communities/
Could you distribute this information to your students or directly to
anyone who may be
interested in applying.
Thank you very much and best regards,
Etienne
Etienne Low-Decarie, PhD
Lecturer
School of Biological Sciences
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester, UK
CO4 3SQ
http://etiennelowdecarie.org
