We are always looking to grow the lab and if you are interested in joining us as a PhD student or postdoc on your own funding, please get in touch!



Funded postdoc positions


We are hiring three postdocs to work on an ambitious and inter-disciplinary project on the genetics and genomics of sexual antagonism in Drosophila, in collaboration with Aida Andrés at UCL and Alistair McGregor at Durham University and funded by awards from the Leverhulme Trust and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. The project aims to 1) identify high-confidence sexually antagonistic loci in the genome of Drosophila melanogaster, 2) functionally characterise and experimentally validate such loci, 3) estimate their antagonistic fitness effects in wild populations and 4) infer the evolutionary history of antagonistic variants and assess their contribution to standing genetic and phenotypic variation in populations. The project integrates experimental approaches (experimental evolution, fitness and phenotypic assays, CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing) and computational population genomics (Approximate Bayesian Computation and/or Machine Learning). Thanks to the scale and complexity of the research programme, the project offers opportunities for each team member to lead particular aspects of the work (and resulting publications) and has scope for further directions developed by each postdoc.

We are seeking three highly motivated individuals with complementary skills (see the job description and person specification linked below) to become part of this highly collaborative team. The postdocs will be embedded within the groups of both Max Reuter and Aida Andrés at UCL and work in collaboration with Alistair McGregor at Durham University. Additional funding through a BBSRC Australia Partnering Award will also make it possible to collaborate with the research group of Tim Connallon at Monash University (Melbourne, Australia).

The positions are available from 1 April 2022 (negotiable) for 36 months (two posts) and 30 months (one post). Further details, including the job description and person specification and a link to application system, are available on the UCL HR website. The application deadline is 14 March 2022.

For informal enquiries about the posts please contact Max Reuter and/or Aida Andrés.



PhD studentships


We are always looking for clever and motivated PhD students. At UCL, studentships are available through two doctoral training programmes, the London NERC DTP and the BBSRC LIDo DTP. We usually offer project through both, but it's a good idea to email me before applying. Applications for both programmes open towards the end of the year, with deadlines in January.



Self-funded postdoc opportunities


If you are interested in joining the las a postdoc, then please email me. A number of externally funded schemes are available for all levels of experience and I am happy to talk about possible projects that combine your and our research interests and assist you with preparing an application.

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