Postdoctoral position

Job Description:

*Postdoctoral position available at the****AGAP Unit in Montpellier 
(France)***

The AGAP Unit (team Ge2Pop / Davem) is seeking a highly-qualified 
post-doctoral researcher to work on a project assessing the effect of 
self-fertilization on adaptation to heterogeneous environments. The aim 
of this post-doctoral project is to develop new theoretical models on 
adaptation to spatially and temporally variable environments under 
selfing. An important issue will be to explicitly take into account the 
complex genetic architecture of adaptive traits and to consider the 
interplay between selection and drift as well as gene flow under 
specific selfing rates. Extension of models of evolutionary rescue to 
the case of populations reproducing through partial or predominant 
selfing will also be of interest.

Candidates with a PhD in evolutionary biology and a strong interest for 
theoretical approaches are encouraged to apply. Previous experience in 
either population genetics, quantitative genetics or adaptive dynamics 
modeling is required. Applicants shall have basic knowledge and a strong 
interest in population biology and adaptation and skills in mathematical 
developments or programming. Excellent written and spoken skills in 
French or English are a must.

The project is part of an ANR funded project (SEAD, program Bioadpat 
2013). This project federates a community of researchers working in 
Montpellier on the consequences and evolution of mating system from 
different perspectives (evolutionary biology, conservation biology, 
exploration and exploitation of naturally occurring genetic variation) 
who all have made significant contributions to the field over the last 
15 to 20 years. The candidate will join the research group GE2POP 
(G�nomique Evolutive et GEstion des Populations -- Evolutionary genomics 
and populations management) lead by Jo�lle Ronfort in Montpellier and 
will work in close interaction with Oph�lie Ronce (ISEM), Pierre-Olivier 
Cheptou (CEFE), and Sylvain Gl�min (ISEM, EBC-Uppsala

The appointment is for 18 months, with a provisional start date of 
January 2015. Candidates can apply by sending a copy of their CV and a 
cover letter to Jo�lle Ronfort at Joelle.Ronfort@supagro.inra.fr.

Candidates that are eligible to apply for an AgreenSkills or 
AgreenSkills+ fellowship could benefit from attractive conditions that 
include higher monthly salaries, ranging from EUR3500 for young 
scientists and EUR5000 for independent scientists, if their project 
proposal is successful. The next call for submissions is 15 November 
2014. To find out more about the two programmes and whether you are able 
to apply for a fellowship, please visit www.agreenskills.eu.

ronce ophelie <ophelie.ronce@univ-montp2.fr>

Requeriments :

• Doctorate Degree

Skills :

• Bioinformatics

Areas :

• Bioinformatics

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