Dear EvolDir Community,

I am advertising a 2-year NERC-funded postdoc at the Institute of Ecology and Evolution at Edinburgh (Scotland, UK). The job advert and application portal is here, with a deadline of 3rd July 2026: https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/14307?utm_medium=jobshare

We are looking for a skilled and motivated postdoctoral researcher to investigate the causes and consequences of sex-differences in individual recombination rates and landscapes. The award holder will integrate whole-genome, single-cell, and gamete-sequencing approaches from house sparrows in Helgeland in Norway, to understand fine-scale individual variation in recombination, sex-specific genetic architectures and associations with functional variation, with scope to investigate impacts of recombination on individual fertility.

The award holder will join Susan Johnston’s lab in the dynamic Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, as part of a project funded by the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC). Applicants must have a PhD (or to be completed in 3 months) in population genetics, quantitative genetics, and/or bioinformatics. The post requires experience in genomic analyses, creativity in problem solving, and strong communication and organisational skills. An understanding of the biology of meiotic recombination and inference methods using sequence and/or pedigree-based approaches is desirable. 

This post is full-time (35 hours per week).

An overview of the laboratory can be found at https://sejohnston.com/. We are a friendly group in a dynamic institute, with excellent support and career mentoring. This project is in collaboration with Henrik Jensen at NTNU (Norway), Simon Martin at Edinburgh (UK), and Alison Wright at Sheffield (UK).
Informal enquiries are welcome: please contact Susan.Johnston@ed.ac.uk

The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th’ ann an Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann, clàraichte an Alba, àireamh clàraidh SC005336.

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