IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON and partner organisations 

Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet (SSCP) is an exciting Doctoral

Training Programme supported by the Natural Environmental Research Council

and led by Imperial College London in association with 6 core partners and

27 partners from the business and policy world. Projects on evolution and

genomics for the October 2015 start are listed below. For a full list with

links to project descriptions and instructions on how to apply, visit:

http://www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/postgraduate-training/science-and-solutions-for-a-changing-planet/studentship-opportunities/

ELIGIBILITY: To be eligible for a full award a student must have:

        - Settled status in the UK, meaning they have no restrictions on

          how long they can stay,

        - Been 'ordinarily resident' in the UK for 3 years prior to the

          start of the studentship. This means they must have been

          normally residing in the UK (apart from temporary or

          occasional absences)

        - Not been residing in the UK wholly or mainly for the purpose

          of full-time education.

(This does not apply to UK or EU nationals).

IF YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE: We welcome queries from students who do not meet

these eligibility criteria for discussion of alternative potential

funding sources.

CONTACTS: For project-related queries and to apply, contact individual

supervisors. For general queries about evolutionary PhD projects at

Imperial College London, contact Prof. Tim Barraclough

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CLOSING DATE for applications 19th January 2015. The positions are competitive-

funded: each project will put forward their best student applicant, then

a subset of projects (roughly one quarter) will be funded based on the

quality of the students.

List of supervisors and projects in Evolution for 2015

Dr Ben Raymond (
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Assessing "evolution-proof" bacterial treatments in model systems:

do anti-virulence drugs have better consequences for the evolution of

resistance and virulence than antibiotics?

Dr David Orme (
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Monitoring species from space: objective assessments and dynamics of

extinction risk

Dr James Rosindell (
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Modelling of dispersal, speciation and extinction on islands

Dr Samraat Pawar (
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Biological Limits to Acclimation and Adaptation to Climate change

Dr Sarah Knowles (
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Ecology and fitness effects of the gut microbiota in wild mice

Prof Alfried Vogler (
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Metagenomics and museum collections to characterize declining pollination

webs

Dr Alan Paton (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Prof. Tim Barraclough, Life Sciences) 

Evolution of pollination syndromes in South African and Madagascan

species of Plectranthus (Lamiaceae)

Dr Bente Klitgaard      (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Prof. Tim Barraclough, Life Sciences) 

Neotropical plant evolution: Adding pieces to the jigsaw

Dr Jason Hodgson (
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The relationship between tsetse flies, trypanosomiasis, and development

in rural Africa

Dr Martin Bidartondo (
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The diversity, physiology and evolution of fungal symbiosis in land plants

Prof Tim Barraclough (
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Modelling the dynamics, evolution and ecosystem functioning of microbial

communities

Prof Vincent Savolainen (
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Ecological genomics of the evolution of species on islands

Prof. Timothy G. Barraclough,

Professor of Evolutionary Biology

Department of Life Sciences,

Imperial College London,

Silwood Park Campus,

Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7PY, UK

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Telephone: +44 (0)207 594 2247

Fax: +44 (0)207 594 2339

Web-page: www.imperial.ac.uk/people/t.barraclough

** MSc course in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation **

http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/lifesciences/postgraduate/courselist/ecology

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