Postdoctoral Researcher, Plant Population Genomics
About this role
Faculty of Science, Ecology and Genetics
The University of Oulu is a multidisciplinary, international research university, with about 4000 employees who produce new knowledge based on high-standards research and provide research based education to build a more sustainable, smarter, and more humane world. The University of Oulu community has about 17,000 people in total. Our northern scientific community operates globally and creates conditions for the emergence of innovations.
We are now looking for
a Postdoctoral Researcher
to join us in Ecology and Genetics Research unit at the Faculty of Science, University of Oulu.
At the University of Oulu Ecology and Genetics Research Unit we are generally interested in mechanisms and diversity in nature. Our research program is diverse, but we have a strong focus on northern and biodiversity aspects. Read more about the research environment and groups in Ecology and Genetics from here.
About the job
The postdoctoral researcher will join the Research Council of Finland funded project "Genomics of high-latitude parallel adaptation". The aim of the project is to decipher the genetic basis of adaptation to northern latitudes using a population genomics approach. To do so, we generate short-and long-read whole-genome sequencing data from multiple north European Arabidopsis lyrata populations and use state-of-the-art population genetics methods to understand adaptation in combination with population history of the species.
As a postdoctoral researcher you will
Process and analyze short- and long-read whole-genome sequencing data.
Develop, optimize, and document bioinformatic pipelines for genome analyses.
Prepare manuscripts for publication and contribute to conference presentations.
Participate in teaching and thesis supervision in your field of expertise at maximum of 5 % of your yearly working hours.
What do we offer?
Possibility to flexibly design projects based on your own interests and expertise.
The support of an exp