Graduate student positions available
Department of Biological Sciences
The
I am looking for students with a strong academic background and an interest in studies of basal metazoan phyla to examine questions relating to the origin of tissues, coordinating and contractile systems. In particular two projects stand out: The first involves pioneering in situ hybridization protocols with sponges to develop a robust system with which to test the hypothesis of homology of germ layers among the Metazoa. The second involves a long overdue in-depth study into cell-cell junctions in the Porifera and would involve a great variety of microscopy techniques (including freeze-fracture EM), as well as antibody and possibly molecular approaches.
Applications will be considered throughout the year.
Departmental admission requirements and application details are available at: http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/programs/graduate/prospective/
Students with a strong academic record should consider
applying for an Alberta Ingenuity Scholarship: http://www.albertaingenuity.ca/grants_awards/students_guidelines.php
Send by email or regular mail: your resume, a copy of your most recent university transcript with cumulative GPA, the names and contact addresses of three references, and a brief letter outlining your research interests to:
Dr. Sally Leys
Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair
in Evolutionary Developmental Biology
Department of Biological Sciences CW 405
The University of Alberta
Telephone: (780) 492-6629
Fax: (780) 492-9234
Email: sleys@ualberta.ca