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Om stillingenFaculty of Bioscience and Aquaculture, Nord University, Norway, invites applications from highly motivated candidates for a three-year  PhD Fellowship position within experimental approaches for better breeding microalgae.  The PhD position is connected to the ‘Algal and Microbial Biotechnology’ division and is to be located in Bodø.Microalgae offer enormous benefits for producing food, feed and energy due to their rapid growth combined witht their extensive biodiversity and alternative life histories. As part of a Norwegian Research Council funded research project we aim to develop strategies for producing improved strains and selection techniques leading to more efficient higher-yielding cultivations. The PhD canadidate will develope a thesis based on studies utilizing new l...

About the positionA three-year PhD fellowship is available at the Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University (Bodø, Norway), connected to Genomics division.FBA invites applications from relevant candidates for a three-year PhD fellowship in developmental genome biology.The position is to be located in Bodø.About the PhD fellowship:The successful candidate will study the effect of environmental modulation on gametic and early developmental epigenome and epitranscriptome. The project uses next- and third-generation sequencing technologies to generate the data. Zebrafish is a model organism. Computing big datasets will be an essential part of the project. The following problems will be investigated: the effect of cryopreservation on sperm DNA modifications the effect of temperatu...