Post Doctoral Fellow - Al Ain, United Arab Emirates - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY

    United Arab Emirates University background
    Description
    Minimum Qualification - A PhD in population genetics, genomics, molecular ecology, evolutionary ecology or related field in biology (for postdoc position); - Proficiency conducting standard molecular laboratory work, including DNA extraction, PCR, gel electrophoresis and sequence analysis - Experience with population genetics or evolutionary genetic analyses Preferred Qualification - Experience amplifying, sequencing and analyzing major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes - Experience with next-generation sequencing techniques, especially Illumina HiSeq or MiSeq, including library preps - Experience with population genomics analyses - Experience with genomics, including ddRAD sequencing, genome assembly - Experience surveying and collecting biopsy samples from marine mammals