Dept of Plant Pathology
The Penn State University

PhD graduate assistantship, mushroom science and technology

Posted in studentships on Jan 22nd, 2010 Comments Off

M.S. Graduate Research Assistantship, aquatic fungi and bacteria
Coastal Carolina University
Conway, South Carolina
USA

submitted by Dr. Vladislav Gulis

Posted in studentships on Dec 8th, 2009 Comments Off

The incumbent would study and characterize pathogens and pests intercepted at US ports of entry, including fungi, nematodes, insects, and others. Studies may include morphology, culture analysis, and molecular characterization including sequence and phylogenetic analyses. The incumbent would help establish a database of authoritative sequences in order to accurately identify pests of regulatory significance. Duties would include DNA extraction, selecting and sequencing appropriate gene region(s), doing BLAST searches, conducting phylogenetic analyses, identifying barcodes for quarantine significant pests and pathogens and for plant associated pests and pathogens present in the U.S.

This position is a 2-year fellowship in the APHIS Science Fellows program. The position may be extended for 2 additional years. The selectee will be entitled to health and life insurance benefits, retirement benefits and leave accrual.

Full application information.

Applications due by Nov 30 2009
US Citizens only

contact: Dr. Mary E. Palm, USDA/APHIS/PPQ/PHP/RIPPS

Posted in studentships, jobs on Nov 2nd, 2009 Comments Off

A three-year Ph.D. scholarship at Section for Microbiology and Section for Terrestrial Ecology

The project:
Fungal community structure and mycorrhizal function in response to climate change: Effects of warming, elevated CO2 and drought on soil fungal communities and the interaction between plants and their associated mycorrhizal fungi. More information.

Posted in studentships on Nov 2nd, 2009 Comments Off

Ph.D. fellow in Social Insect Pathology
Department of Agriculture and Ecology
July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2013

Job description:
The aim of the project is to study insect pathogenic fungi from the orders Entomophthorales (genus Pandora) and Hypocreales as they affect ant hosts of the genus Formica. For more, please see this advert.

contact: Jørgen Eilenberg

Posted in studentships on Nov 2nd, 2009 Comments Off

The Integrative Biology Program in the Division of Biology at Kansas State University is presently recruiting highly qualified students for our newly funded GAANN program. We have multiple generous interdisciplinary graduate training fellowships available to individuals seeking education and research training at the doctoral level. We particularly seek students with interests in research that links the complementary disciplines of ecology, evolution and genomics.

We are excited about our GAANN program that features:

* Integrative research opportunities in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Genomics
* Diverse interdisciplinary coursework
* Development of teaching skills
* Competitive stipend of up to $30,000 per year, plus tuition and other expenses
* Instrumentation, core facilities and resources needed to perform exceptional and novel research

More information, including application procedures can be found at
http://www.k-state.edu/eeg/.

contact: Ari Jumpponen ari@k-state.edu

Posted in studentships on Nov 2nd, 2009 Comments Off