We are opening 6 post-docs* and 10 PhD positions, looking for team members to our new project dealing with molecular and classical chemical ecology, forest entomology, remote sensing, and forest ecology. Details and links below. *) Deadline 2017 April 16th.
Welcome to apply!
Fredrik Schlyter, Project Research Leader.
Project
We have at the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CULS) been bestowed a large 6-yr grant "Climatic Change Impact Mitigation in Forest ‐from Gene to Landscape". https://extemit.fld.czu.cz/cs/
Forests are critical biotic elements that may act as vital carbon sinks but could become carbon sources if disrupted or improperly managed. The challenge is most acute for northern conifer forests and maybe most critical in the Central Europe regions. Our proposal endeavours to use the many facets of molecular biology now emerging in harmony with the applied science needed to manage forests. We will study genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics together with proven genetic and metabolomics (chemical ecology) and theory of larger scale plant-insect interactions (Associational Resistance, Semiochemical Diversity Hypothesis), mainly for two bark beetles.
We work on the conifer tree-beetle interactions at three levels of scale: Gene, Tree, and Landscape:
https://extemit.fld.czu.cz/cs/r-12330-levels-of-study
Among studies, we will first sequence the genome of the Ips typographus, first used for functional analysis of olfactory receptor proteins, then tree resistance will be observed and experimentally manipulated, while landscape polycultures' resilience will be modelled and experimentally improved by increased semiochemical diversity.
We will use the new knowledge to fine-tune our mechanistic understanding of crucial semiochemical beetle-tree relations, in particular those promising leads for innovation and management. Substantial outputs of the project will also be information, significantly changing views of the public towards forests and landscape management in close future.
Recruitment of 6 post-docs
https://extemit.fld.czu.cz/cs/r-12328-news/post-doc-call.html
The research team will consist of a combination of excellent young and more senior scientists both experienced in fundamental research, but have also senior scientists experienced in applied research. To this end, we are now recruiting 6 postdocs, each 2 for the 3 levels of study (Gene, Tree, and Landscape). The details are given in link above.
Deadline 2017 April 16th.
We prefer applications only to one of the positions, if your interests would cover >1 position, please note this in your Letter of Motivation. It should be noted that candidates with exceptional performance will have good opportunities be considered for younger scientist positions after their post-doc period.
Recruitment of 10 PhD students
https://extemit.fld.czu.cz/cs/r-12328-news/phd-call.html
We are recruiting 10 PhD students during spring for the project tasks as mentioned above and in link above.
For further scientific information and practical's of study, please contact study level leaders at their present e-mail addresses:
Gene: Muhammad Binyameen (mbinyameen@bzu.edu.pk )
Tree: Anna Jirosova (luxova@uochb.cas.cz )
Landscape: Miroslav Svoboda (svobodam@fld.czu.cz )
