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Graduate Position – Sturgeon SNP Discovery
A Ph.D. research assistantship including stipend and tuition waiver is available to begin as early as August 2007 in the laboratory of Dr. Ed Heist at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC) in collaboration with Dr. Tim King at the USGS-BRD Leetown Science Laboratory in Kearneysville, WV and Dr. David Galat at the University of Missouri. The project will involve development of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) markers in river sturgeons of the genus Scaphirhychus in relation to conservation of the endangered pallid sturgeon (S. albus). This project will form part of a doctoral dissertation in the SIUC Department of Zoology (http://www.science.siu.edu/zoology/) in conjunction with the Fisheries and Illinois Aquaculture Center (http://fisheries.siu.edu/). The ideal candidate will have prior experience with molecular genetics techniques (e.g. DNA sequencing and/or cDNA library construction) and will have an interest in the use of molecular genetics in conservation and fisheries management. Interested students should contact Dr. Ed Heist at edheist@siu.edu.
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