Ostrava, Czech Republic: PhD position in human genomics and genetic anthropologyject |
PhD position in human genomics and anthropology
Hiring Organization: Position Description: A PhD position in human genomics and genetic anthropology is available for 4 years at the Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic. There are two ongoing projects. i/ Genome analysis of the Ket people of Siberia and neighboring populations, for the first time demonstrating their links to ancient and modern Native North Americans. ii/ Y-STR study of ancient Xiongnu samples from China revealing a possible genetic link of Ket and Xiongnu, and tracing the hypothetical Xiongnu dispersal during the Hunnic migrations. We work mostly in silico, obtaining data from our collaborators: Alexey Kondrashov (Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Moscow State University, Russia) My group currently includes 1 PhD student and 1 postdoc and has funding secured for 3 years. Starting net salary for a PhD student is approximately 630 EUR. Requirements for the position are the following: 1) at least a limited experience in genetic anthropology and knowledge of some of the following tools and approaches: admixture, PCA, f3, f4 and D statistics, haplogroup analyses; Tato emailová adresa je chráněna před spamboty, abyste ji viděli, povolte JavaScript Pavel Flegontov, PhD |