Assistant Professor in Genomics of adaptation to climate change (SciLifeLab Fellow)
- Employer
- SciLifeLab
- Location
- Uppsala (Stad) (SE)
- Salary
- Fixed salary
- Closing date
- Jan 26, 2023
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- Discipline
- Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Physical Sciences, Climate Change
- Position Type
- Full Time
- Organization Type
- Academia
Job Details
Description of subject area of the employment
In the face of the current global biodiversity crisis, we urgently need accurate predictions of how organisms and ecosystems respond to climatic change. Insights into the genomics of adaptation to climate change forms part of the foundation for making such predictions. For example, there are several knowledge gaps in predicting the potential for temperature tolerance to evolve, including interpretation of signatures left by natural selection on thermal adaptation in the genome, detection of which metabolic pathways are involved, revealing how interactions among genetic loci affect climate adaptation and how eco-evo dynamics affect higher level processes such as carbon cycles at the ecosystem level. By using amenable study systems, next generation sequencing methods and other omics methods, experiments and appropriate modelling, such gaps in knowledge can be filled. We search for an assistant professor with research experience within this field, that can capitalize on the breath of expertice at the department to develop their research profile at the department of Ecology and Genetics.
The position is funded by SciLifeLab and comes with a generous start up package that will allow for the recruitment of a team.
Duties
- Research, teaching, and administration. Teaching duties include course responsibility and course administration and supervision of second- and third-cycle students.
- Follow developments within the subject area and the development of society in general that is important for the work at the university.
Company
SciLifeLab is a national centre for large-scale biosciences with focus on health and environmental research. The centre combines advanced technical know-how and state-of-the-art equipment with a broad knowledge in translational medicine and molecular bioscience. SciLifeLab started out in 2010 as a joint effort between four universities: Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm University and Uppsala University. Today, we support research activities at all major Swedish universities.
- Website
- https://www.scilifelab.se/
- Telephone
- +46 8 790 60 00
- Location
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Box 1031, Tomtebodavägen 23
Solna
Stockholm
171 21
Sweden
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