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For YETI Vishnupriya ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Arunava Datta <arunava.datta@xxxxxx> Date: Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 7:11 PM Subject: Fwd: Fwd: Phd advert for COST participants To: meet.yeti@xxxxxxxxx -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Fwd: Phd advert for COST participants Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 13:41:38 +0100 From: Ingolf Kuehn <ingolf.kuehn@xxxxxx> <ingolf.kuehn@xxxxxx> To: ecology@xxxxxx -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: Phd advert for COST participants Datum: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 11:04:25 +0000 Von: TD1209AlienChallenge <TD1209AlienChallenge@xxxxxxxxxx> <TD1209AlienChallenge@xxxxxxxxxx> An: TD1209AlienChallenge <TD1209AlienChallenge@xxxxxxxxxx> <TD1209AlienChallenge@xxxxxxxxxx> *The email below is being forwarded to participants of the COST Action TD1209. * *To **request removal from this distribution list please **email** TD1209AlienChallenge@xxxxxxxxxx <TD1209AlienChallenge@xxxxxxxxxx>* *.* Dear COST participants, I am writing to advertise a PhD studentship on impact assessment of invasive species using molecular food webs, which is available in my lab at the University of Hull, starting september 2015. The studentship is in collaboration with Dr Helen Roy (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, UK), Prof Neil Boonham (Food and Environment Reseach Agency, UK) and Drs Bernd Haenfling and Darren Evans from the University of Hull. Please see below, the attached advert or http://www2.hull.ac.uk/student/scholarships/science/untanglingmolecularfoodwebs.aspx for more information. Please note, *the closing date is 2nd February, *so please forward this email, contact me (l.lawson-handley@xxxxxxxxxx) and apply as soon as possible. Untangling molecular food webs to investigate the impact of invasive predators on whole communities and ecosystem services <http://www2.hull.ac.uk/student/scholarships/science/untanglingmolecularfoodwebs.aspx> *Background and aims:* § Invasive alien species (IAS) are the one of the greatest threats to global biodiversity and cause damage to infrastructure, health and agriculture worth >€12 billion per year in Europe alone. § Better understanding of the potential impacts of IAS is needed to inform risk assessments and cost-effective management. § IAS can potentially influence food webs by altering diet breadth and strength of predator-prey interactions, disrupting ecosystem services (e.g. pest control and pollination services) provided by native species, triggering trophic cascades and ultimately driving extinctions. § This studentship will investigate the impact of two priority invasive alien predators (harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis and killer shrimp, Dikerogammarus villosus) on entire networks of species by: 1. Using DNA barcoding and metabarcoding of prey in the gut contents of H. axyridis and D. villosus, combined with ecological networks analyses to investigate dietary breadth and directly assess the impact of IAS on the structure of food webs. 2. Using a combination of DNA and environmental (eDNA) metabarcoding together with ecological modeling to investigate the effect of presence/absence of the IAS on the composition of whole communities. § Combined, this will allow an investigation of the robustness and resilience of entire communities to invasion and the impact of invasive species on the ecosystem services provided by native species. The studentship will therefore generate vital information for development of Environmental Risk Assessments of IAS underpinning predictions and managing their impact on native communities. *Why choose this PhD? The studentship:* § Provides fantastic training in cutting edge molecular and analytical techniques (including next generation sequencing and bioinformatics). § Provides the opportunity for collaboration, on-site training and support from two internationally renowned institutes (CEH and FERA). § Provides considerable expertise and a dynamic research environment in the Evolutionary Biology Group at the University of Hull (www.evohull.org, @EvoHull <https://twitter.com/evohull>). § Benefits from newly refurbished labs with excellent molecular and bioinformatics facilities. § Will produce and disseminate results that will contribute to invasive species management in the EU. § Provides the opportunity to live in the UK City of Culture 2017! Many thanks in advance for your interest, and all the best for the New Year Lori Dr Lori Lawson Handley School of Biological, Biomedical and Environmental Sciences University of Hull Cottingham Rd, Hull, HU6 7RX U.K. Tel 0044 1482 462061 Email l.lawson-handley@xxxxxxxxxx http://www2.hull.ac.uk/science/biology/research/evolutionary%20biology/lori%20handleys%20research.aspx Twitter: @Calvia14 ------------------------------ This message (and any attachments) is for the recipient only. NERC is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the contents of this email and any reply you make may be disclosed by NERC unless it is exempt from release under the Act. 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