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New PhD Studentship opportunity in Comparative Ecological Genomics

A competitive four-year, fully-funded studentship will be available through the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences Doctoral Training Programme to study comparative ecological genomics of Scottish freshwater salmonid fishes with Kathryn Elmer and Colin Adams. Details are available at: http://www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvls/graduateschool/researchopportunities/researchopportunities/mvlsdoctoraltrainingprogramme/#twelve Under the section "Food Security (Crop Science and Animal Health)" and see the project entitled: "Comparative ecological genomics of environmental heterogeneity" The competition is open to all UK students and EU nationals who reside in the UK. Deadline is Friday 16 January 2015 Please see the website for details on the CMVLS-DTP. All interested candidates should please contact Kathryn Elmer in advance of the deadline. Project Summary Comparative ecological genomics of environmental heterogeneity Intrinsic and extrinsic factor

New PhD Studentship opportunity in mathematics of gene expression

Dr. Liam Watson and Dr. Kathryn Elmer have been awarded a prestigious Lord Kelvin - Adam Smith Studentship opportunity for their interdisciplinary, cross-College project "Convergence, connectivity, and continuity: Topological perspectives for mining novel biological information from ‘omics data". The PhD position is open for applicants of any nationality and includes a full stipend and fees (home or international) for up to 4 year, plus a generous consumables budget. The position will start autumn 2015. The project is based in Maths & Stats and competitive applicants will be those budding young topologists with a keen interest in experimental approaches in the life and biodiversity sciences. Applications will be handled through the University of Glasgow. Further details and the advertisement are available through the Grad School. Deadline for applications: 14 January 2015 http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=59676 NOTE THE DEADLINE HAS ADVA