Graduate Student positions available at University of Guelph, Canada

Graduate Student positions available at Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph

Biodiversity Institute of Ontario based at University of Guelph, Canada, is leading a large-scale project in the use of Next Generation Sequencing for biodiversity analysis from various environmental samples.
Graduate Student positions (MSc/PhD, 3 positions) based at University of Guelph, Department of Integrative Biology (2 positions) and Dalhousie University, Department of Biology (1 position). These positions involve the use of NGS data to address evolutionary and ecological questions in arthropod, plant and soil biodiversity.
Graduate students will be supervised jointly by members of Biomonitoring 2.0 project and will gain insights in using NGS genomics approaches as well as bioinformatics tools to develop and explore their own hypotheses in ecology and evolutionary biology.

MSc Student position at the University of New Brunswick, Canadian Rivers Institute / Aurora Research Institute. This position will examine the use and application of Biomonitoring 2.0 techniques by local communities in Canada's North.

For each position, please submit your CV (including names and contact information of 3 references) and a cover letter to Dr. Mehrdad Hajibabaei (mhajibab@uoguelph.ca
Please indicate the title of the position you are applying for in the subject line of your email. We will start reviewing the applications on April 15, 2011.

Mehrdad Hajibabaei, PhD
Assistant Professor
Biodiversity Institute of Ontario & Integrative Biology
University of Guelph
Guelph, ON N1G 2W1
Canada
Phone: 519-824-4120 x52487
Fax: 519-824-5703
Email: mhajibab@uoguelph.ca
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