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29.9.2011 PhD project in environmental stress adaptation in invertebrates
All organisms are affected by the surrounding environment. Environmental factors such as temperature, humidity and many more changes temporally and spatially on different scales. Temporally, there will be variation across days, years and between years. As the environment in many cases is challenging survival and reproduction of the organisms it can be considered to be stressful, and this leads to increased pressure for the development of defense mechanisms and adaptation. Studies of the evolutionary responses and adaptations to variable environments are thus highly relevant for increasing our understanding of adaptation and the dynamics between environment (e.g. climate) and biological systems.
The aim of the project is to contributing to our knowledge and understanding of the interaction between environmental factors and the evolutionary processes that lead to adaptation in terrestrial invertebrates. Recent developments in molecular genetics have stimulated the interest in physiological and evolutionary responses to environmental challenges. Detailed studies of stress responses have shown that organisms have developed sophisticated physiological adaptations to combat environmental stress. Thus, to achieve the aim of the project a focus on molecular investigations combined with information from climate, population level and physiology (functional genomics) will be applied to achieve an integrated functional understanding.
You will work in an active research environment based in Silkeborg (Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University).
Supervisor: Jesper G. Sørensen (Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University).
For more information contact: Jesper G. Sørensen (jgs@dmu.dk).
For the application procedure and general information of Ph.D.-studies at Aarhus Graduate School of Sciences (AGSoS) please see: http://science.au.dk/en/studies/phd-studies/
The application deadline is 1st of November 2011 at 12:00