title: postdoctoral research associate and phd positions

location: ben-gurion university of the negev, marco and louise mitrani department of desert ecology (mdde), midreshet ben-gurion campus, israel.

position description: open positions are available, and the successful candidates will be able to choose between multiple projects in the laboratory; from bacterial species coexistence, through behavioral aspects of disease ecology, to bacterial evolvability (the evolution of parasite capabilities to produce novel variation). some of the research projects conducted are part of a collaborative project between leading laboratories in the field (university of michigan, dr. luis zaman; the university of texas at austin, prof. jeffrey barrick; michigan state university, prof. richard lenski; the hebrew university of jerusalem, prof. shimon harrus) and multiple years of funding are possible.

minimum qualifications:

msc or phd in ecology or microbiology.

devotion to work, curiosity.

high level of scientific writing and publications in english.


preferred additional qualifications:

strong background in evolutionary biology, community ecology, or disease ecology.

experience in microbiological methods or molecular biology.

quantitative thinking.

proficiency with r for statistical analyses.

application deadline: 24 of february 2021

about the laboratory: we use evolutionary and ecological theories to investigate the interactions between microbes, their vertebrate hosts, arthropod vectors, and the surrounding environment. our philosophy is that realism and simplicity must be balanced. we get closer to nature by studying simultaneously wild, multiple host and multiple parasite species. however, our main model—the rodent-flea-bacterial system of the negev sand dunes (israel)—keeps the studies quite simple as all the relevant players are readily manipulated in the laboratory and field. the research lies at the interface of evolution, ecology, microbiology, disease ecology, immunology, and molecular genetics.

interested? submit a paragraph detailing your interests and experience, a cv, and a list of three references (with contact information) to dr. hadas hawlena (hadashaw@bgu.ac.il).

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