Dr Fabio Manfredini
Welcome to the provisional webpage for the Functional Genomics and Sociobiology Lab at the University of Aberdeen! The Lab will be started in January 2020 and a new website will be created thereafter - so stay tuned!
At the moment, the Lab is just myself. But I am looking for PhD students to work on two projects (see details below) that are currently being advertised on two Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) platforms. Feel free to contact me for any questions.
The first project is on the "Origin and maintenance of plasticity in response to thermal stress in invasive and declining ants". This is a 4 year PhD project, part of a competition funded by EASTBIO BBSRC DTP and in collaboration with Dr Lesley Lancaster (University of Aberdeen), Dr Jenni Stockan (The James Hutton Institute) and Dr Nathan Bailey (Univeristy of St Andrews). You can find full details about the project here and you can find information on criteria and eligibility on FindAPHD or on the EASTBIO website. Deadline to apply to this program is Sunday, January 05, 2020.
Photo: Formica exsecta (the narrow-headed ant). Copyright Saxifraga
The title of the second project is "The cost of being a fussy eater – Oligolectic pollinators and environmental change". This is a 3.5 years project, part of a competition funded by QUADRAT NERC DTP and in collaboration with Dr Lorraine Scott (Queen's Univeristy Belfast). You can find full details about the project here and you can also find information on criteria and eligibility on FindAPHD or on the QUADRAT website. Deadline to apply to this program is Wednesday, January 22, 2020.
Photo : Nick Owens => Andrena marginata female on common scabious, Weybourne, Norfolk, August 2010
