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This is to announce that Mexican students may apply for limited numbers of Mexican funding for either of a large number of theses in France: https://doctorat.campusfrance.org/phd/offers I want to attract your interest in particular to the thesis subject that I suggest: "Microevolution on macroevolution islands: Does phylogenetic isolation of trees from neighbors trigger rapid phenotypic responses in colonizers?" https://doctorat.campusfrance.org/en/CF201812373. In short, we try to understand whether a small event in tree macro evolution – a tree converges and coexists with distantly related neighbors – changes the phenotypes of its insect colonizers, and their capacity to respond to climate change. Details in the add. Deadline for demanding a Mexican fellowship is May 18th, explained here http://www.conacyt.gob.mx/index.php/el-conacyt/convocatorias-y-resultados- conacyt/convocatorias-becas-al-extranjero/convocatorias-becas-al- extranjero-1/convocatorias-abiertas-becas-al-extranjero/convocatorias-becas- al-extranjero-2018 and here http://www.conacyt.gob.mx/index.php/el- conacyt/convocatorias-y-resultados-conacyt/convocatorias-becas-al- extranjero/convocatorias-becas-al-extranjero-1/convocatorias-abiertas-becas- al-extranjero/convocatorias-becas-al-extranjero-2018/16802-convocatoria- conacyt-gobierno-frances-2018/file (in French here: https://www.campusfrance.org/es/node/300749). Sorry this is complicated. The host lab here is the UNITE MIXTE DE RECHERCHE (UMR) ECOBIO - ECOSYSTEMES, BIODIVERSITE, EVOLUTION, co-funded by University of Rennes 1 and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, with particular expertise in mechanisms of speciation, life history evolution, and adaptation, expertise at the interface between macroevolution and macroecology, expertise in ecophysiology, landscape ecology and behavioral ecology, environmental genomics (very strong), community assembly and plant/herbivore interactions. It is a large institution with several dozen CNRS-researchers, docents and professors, plus (some) technical staff. See http://ecobio.univ-rennes1.fr/ . It was ranked A in the national evaluation of research institutions. Several further research institutions in ecology and evolutionary biology exist at Rennes. RENNES has approximately 200 000 inhabitants and is the capitol of the Bretagne region with exceptional coastal and mainland landscapes, and a french-celtic heritage (http://www.bretagne.fr/internet/jcms/TF071112_5061/tourisme ). It is situated some 1.5 hours by train from Paris. English is spoken everywhere in Academia, but not necessarily outside, and French should be learned. Like in any French city, child care is excellent (almost for free, no waiting list, nearby). Several bilingual French-English schools are available at all levels of education, as well as one French-German grammar school. **Please directly contact me if interested** Best regards Andreas Prinzing Andreas Prinzing, Prof. Ecology of Diversification Research Unit “Ecobio: Ecosystems - Biodiversity – Evolution”; Team "Evolution, Structure and Dynamics of Diversity" Université de Rennes 1 / Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Campus de Beaulieu, Bâtiment 14 A ; 35042 Rennes, France Tél. +(33) 02 23 23 67 12– Fax: +(33) 02 99 28 50 26 – E-mail [email protected] https://ecobio.univ-rennes1.fr/Fiches_perso/Fiche.asp?pseudo=APrinzing https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=w5Ogsc0AAAAJ&hl=en
