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From abashtUdel.edu  Mon May  7 21:47:39 2012
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From: "Behnam Abasht" <abashtUdel.edu>
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Subject: PhD positions in molecular genetics
Date: Mon, 07 May 2012 21:47:39 -0500

Two PhD positions are available (starting Fall 2012) in the Department of 
Animal and Food Sciences at University of Delaware for enthusiastic and 
self-motivated applicants to work on studying transcriptional differences 
between birds showing high and low feed efficiency (FE) phenotypes. Feed 
costs in broiler chickens production account for up to 70% of the total 
production costs. The long-term goal in this project is to understand the 
molecular genetic basis of variation in FE phenotype, which will be of 
particular importance in characterizing fundamental basis of optimal FE 
and in discovering biomarkers or candidate genes for FE.

The successful candidates will utilize state-of-the-art genomics methods 
and technologies to construct cDNA libraries for Next-Generation 
Sequencing (NGS) in an Illumina Hi-seq 2000 sequencer and will use 
advanced statistical and computational methods to analyze NGS data in the 
high-performance computing cluster at University of Delaware.

Candidates with background in animal science, biology, genetics or 
bioinformatics with solid understanding of statistics and experience in 
analyzing large data sets are preferred.

Successful candidates will receive a monthly generous stipend and will 
also benefit from 100 percent tuition reduction. Deadline for application 
is May 18. Applicants should send a letter of interest; a CV; GRE and 
TOEFL scores (if foreign students whose primary language is not English) 
and name and contact information of 3 references to Dr. Behnam Abasht 
(abashtUDel.edu).

The University of Delaware is an equal opportunity employer, which 
encourages applications from minority group members and women.

-- 
Behnam Abasht
Assistant Professor, Integrative Food Animal Biology 
Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Delaware
531 S. College Ave., 035 Townsend Hall, Newark, DE 19716 
Phone: 302-831-8876 (office), Fax: 302-831-2822
Email: abashtUDel.edu