Post-doc position evolutionary/speciation genet

Umeå University - with its 29,000 students and over 4,000 employees - is an organisation in constant change and development.Umeå University conducts groundbreaking research within several areas - several in which we are among the best in the world - within others regarded as the leaders in Sweden.We are one of Sweden's largest providers of education and offer a broad and attractive range of courses and programmes.Our campus constitutes an inspiring environment for everyone that studies and works here.We wish to co-operate with companies and organisations throughout the Umeå region and all over the world.Post-doc position evolutionary/ speciation genetics The Department of Ecology and Environmental Science has about 170 members including 50 PhD students (for more information see the department's homepage: www.emg.umu.se/en.See also www.umea.se for a general presentation of Umeå and the University.Applications are invited for a post-doc position in evolutionary / speciation genetics, in particular the genetics of incipient species and hybrid incompatability.The research group investigates consequences of speciation using different approaches in different systems, and the succesfull applicant will have considerable freedom to plan and execute own projects within this framework.We are looking for a candidate with a recent PhD in for example molecular genetics, familiar with analysis of complex epistatic segregation distortion.Basic molecular biological laboratory skills and good skills in microsatellite and snp genotyping as well as sequencing are further requirements for this position.Highly motivated candidates with relevant expertise at all of the points mentioned above are encouraged to get in contact.The position is available at the earliest possible time point.For further information, please contact Dr.To qualify for the position you should have a PhD degree or equivalent, preferably not more than three years old.Your application, in English, must include a short summary (max 1 page) of your previous experience, curriculum vitae, list of publications, and names and contact details of three references.Applications will be discarded or, if the applicant so wishes, returned two years after the position has been filled.Documents sent electronically should be in MS Word or PDF format.We look forward to receiving your application!