PhD in Evolutionary Genomics: Sexual Antagonism in Drosophila

University of East Anglia; Norwich; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition fees paid

Living stipend

Job summary

University of East Anglia in Norwich offers a four-year Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership PhD studentship. The project investigates sexually antagonistic genes, combining bioinformatics, genome engineering, and advanced sequencing to reveal how these genes influence fitness and life-history traits across sexes.

You will work with a supervisory team spanning evolutionary genetics, bioinformatics, statistics, and CRISPR genome engineering, with access to cross-institute collaborations in

Responsibilities

• Identify and characterize consistent sexually antagonistic loci across multiple studies.
• Validate their effects on sex-specific fitness and traits using CRISPR-Cas9 allele swaps in Drosophila.
• Probe underlying mechanisms from gene regulation to alternative splicing.

Skills

Bioinformatics

Genomics

CRISPR

Evolutionary genetics

Tools

CRISPR-Cas9

Long-read sequencing

Single-cell transcriptomics

Genome engineering

Job description

University of East Anglia in Norwich offers a four-year Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership PhD studentship. The project investigates sexually antagonistic genes, combining bioinformatics, genome engineering, and advanced sequencing to reveal how these genes influence fitness and life-history traits across sexes.

You will work with a supervisory team spanning evolutionary genetics, bioinformatics, statistics, and CRISPR genome engineering, with access to cross-institute collaborations in