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Two to three Postdoctoral Fellow/Technician positions, including one for Bioinformatics, will be available in October in Dr. Zhibin Wang’s laboratory at Johns Hopkins University working on human epigenomes. For related research, please see my selected publications (Barski*, et al., 2007 Cell 129,823; Wang et al., 2008 Nature Genetics 40,897; Wang et al., 2009 Curr Opin Genet Dev 19,127; Wang et al., 2009 Cell 138,1019; Araki* et al., 2009 Immunity 30,912; Qi et al., 2010 Nature 466, 503; Daniel et al., 2010 Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1194316; * co-first author). Highly motivated young scientists are encouraged to apply to join a hot biomedical research field, epigenetics and epigenomics. Please feel free or call/email me or even stop by if you are interested.
Zhibin Wang Ph.D. wangz3@mail.nih.gov Phone (301) 451-6376; Building 10 Room 7B20
The Animal and Human Ethology laboratory (UMR 6552 CNRS - Rennes 1 University,) and the scientific department of the delphinarium in Planète Sauvage park (next to Nantes city, France) are proposing a PhD project on dolphins' vocal communication.
/*Applicants should apply at the address below with full CV:*/
*/Contact/*: alban.lemasson@univ-rennes1.fr
*PhD title*: Vocal communication and social relationships in captive bottlenose dolphins
*PhD supervisor*: Alban Lemasson, *Co-supervisor* : Martine Hausberger
*Starting date*: September 2010
*PhD objectives*: (1) describe the vocal production of a captive group of 5 dolphins (/Tursiops truncatus/) and test the influence of social and environmental factors on the acoustic structuring of individual repertoires and on the communicative rules, (2) investigate the question of the function of whistles through an analysis of the contexts of call emission and through experiments aiming at testing the perceptual and recognition abilities of animals.
*Competences of the candidate*: Master diploma obtained no later than June 2010. University education in ethology required. Skills in acoustic recording and analysis desired. Skills in computer/electronic welcomed.
*/Position is dependent upon result of grant application; successful applicant will have to start September 2010./*
*Website of the research unit* : http://www.ethos.univ-rennes1.fr/
*Website of the animal park : *http://www.planetesauvage.com/
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