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Job Opportunity: Fully-funded MOBILE (Anthropological Genetics and Microbiome Analysis) PhD Students:Job description:Qualification Type: PhD Fixed-term: funds are available for 3 years The Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, invites applications for a fully-funded PhD studentship starting in or before October 2022 on the ERC-funded project ?MOBILE: Movement networks and genetic evolution among tropical hunter-gatherers of island Southeast Asia?. The MOBILE project will study the impact of mobility, contact and diet on the community genomics of traditionally hunter-gatherer populations in Indonesia. These communities are generally undergoing subsistence transitions and currently follow a range lifestyle practices. The project will consider the impact of these transitions and past lifestyle on diversity and evolution. MOBILE will generate social network and movement data and combine this with detailed human and microbiome genomics to understand how social interactions maintain community biological diversity in small, traditional societies. By bringing together the genetic study of diversity, demography and natural selection with novel remote sensing data, it will enriching our knowledge of tropical forest hunter-gatherers and of the function of mobility as a force in human evolution more broadly. The studentship will be located at Cambridge, supported by the Department of Archaeology. We are seeking for a highly motivated PhD student to join the project. The selected student will be supervised by the PI of the project (Dr Guy Jacobs, University of Cambridge), and will conduct genetic and movement network analysis to investigate the impact of mobility on human genetic diversity, and of contact on microbiome diversity. The prosperous student will possess intellectual independence, have the capability to work as part of a team, and be willing to be involved in laboratory work and/or field data collection. Candidates must meet the requirement for a PhD application in biological anthropology (see details here: https://www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/directory/aaarpdpba), and have (or expect to obtain) a Master's degree in genetics, bioinformatics, microbiology, computational/mathematical biology, or a related field, with specialisation in one or more of the following: genome analysis, computational or mathematical modelling, network analysis, behavioural ecology. candidates with practice in microbiome analysis are particularly encouraged to apply. Ideally, candidates will have some knowledge of hunter-gatherer behavioural ecology and anthropological genetics; however, we very much welcome students with interests in other areas that share the methodological scope of the project. In order to conduct the research, candidates will need to have or be willing to gain confidence in one or more programming languages; linguistic capability in Indonesian would be an advantage. They must demonstrate a sufficiently high capability to understand and express themselves in both written and spoken English in order to derive the full benefit from the network training. The studentship will provide a stipend covering maintenance and fee costs at the current Home rate. Non-EU students and those from EU countries who do not meet the residency requirements may be eligible for partial fees/maintenance support. Candidates are advised to apply for Cambridge scholarships within the application process. This is particularly important for candidates who do not meet the residency requirements to pay fees at the Home rate. Applications must be submitted by 4th January 2022. For more information on how to apply please visit https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/32577/ . Skills:
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