Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Evolutionary Genomics of Animal

Domestication and Migration

University of Oxford

Salary:             [UTF-8?]ÂŁ30,434 to [UTF-8?]ÂŁ37,394 

Closing date:  12.00 midday on Monday, 24 November, 2014

This PDRA position will work on the Unifying Evolution and Domestication

using Ancient DNA (UnDEAD) project funded by the European Research Council

(ERC) under the leadership of Dr Greger Larson.

You will join a multi-disciplinary team of archaeologists and geneticists

to explore the origins of animal domestication, and the use of domestic

animals as a proxy to understand human migration. For more information

see this website:

http://www.domestication.org.uk/

You will focus primarily on the amplification and analysis of nuclear

and mitochondrial DNA sequences from ancient domestic animal bones and

teeth using shotgun and capture techniques.

The two major research questions you will explore will be: 

1) the admixture between Near Eastern pigs and European wild boar during

   the Neolithic, and

2) the use of domestic animals to assess the resilience and survival of

   early North Atlantic settlements.

though there is scope to persue your own research interests within the

theme of the larger project.

You will have a PhD in bioinformatics, population genomics, evolutionary

genetics, animal genomics, or a related discipline. You will have

research experience with ancient or degraded DNA and familiarity with

library preparation and handling next generation sequencing results.

This post is full-time and fixed-term for 3 years.

For informal enquiries, please contact Dr Greger Larson,

email:
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Applications for this vacancy are to be made online using this link:

http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AJU608/postdoctoral-research-assistant-in-evolutionary-genomics-of-animal-domestication-and-migration/

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