We are seeking a highly motivated, creative and energetic person to work
on the colonisation of the world by anatomically modern humans. Besides
the obvious academic interest of an improved picture of the origin and
spread of our species, we expect the work to have direct relevance to
our understanding of the current geographic distribution of disease
resistance/susceptibility genes. The PhD project will take advantage of
a newly developed geographically explicit modelling framework and is a
direct extension of some of our previous work (see below for selected
relevant papers). The successful candidate will be expected to run
extensive computer simulations and analyse large genetic datasets.
Applicants with expertise in mathematics, statistics or population
genetics are particularly encouraged to apply.
The project will be supervised by Jérôme Goudet (Lausanne), François
Balloux (Cambridge) and Andrea Manica (Cambridge). The candidate will be
based in Lausanne, a town located in Switzerland at the shore of Lake
Geneva, offering very high quality of life and beautiful surroundings
(Alps, Jura mountains, Lake; see
http://www.lausanne-tourisme.ch/). There is potential for extensive stays in Cambridge. Our research groups
and departments make a lively and stimulating research environment
(http://www.unil.ch/dee,
http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/Research/balloux.htm and
http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/zoostaff/manica/index.htm).The position entails some teaching at the undergraduate and graduate
level in Lausanne, which needs not be in French. Salary ranges from
45’000 to 55’000 CHF per annum (30’000 to 36’700 Euros).
To apply, please send your CV, a brief statement of research interests
and contact information for two references as a single file pdf e-mail
attachment to Jérôme Goudet (jerome.goudet@unil.ch), François Balloux
(fb255@cam.ac.uk) and Andrea Manica (am315@cam.ac.uk).
Deadline for applications: June the 10th, 2007
Informal enquiries can be obtained from
Jerome.goudet@unil.chRECENT RELEVANT PAPERS
Linz L et al. (2007) An African origin for the intimate association
between humans and Helicobacter pylori. Nature 445: 915-918
Liu H et al (2006) A geographically explicit genetic model of worldwide
human settlement history. American Journal of Human Genetics 79: 230-237
Prugnolle F, A Manica and F Balloux (2005) Geography predicts neutral
genetic diversity of human populations. Current Biology 15: R159-R160
Prugnolle F, et al (2005) Pathogen-driven selection and worldwide HLA
class I diversity. Current Biology 15: 1022-1027
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Jérôme GOUDET
Dep. Ecology & Evolution
Biophore, UNIL-Sorge
UNIL-CH-1015 Lausanne
Switzerland
http://www.unil.ch/deehttp://www.unil.ch/popgenTel: +41 21 692 42 42 Fax: +41 21 692 42 65
Secr:+41 21 692 42 60
jerome.goudet@unil.ch
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