NRC Research Associateship: mutation and evolution

The US National Research Council (NRC) offers competitive Research Associateships for post-doctoral and senior scientists to conduct research in participating federal labs. The awards include a generous stipend as well as benefits (health insurance, travel, relocation), as explained on the program web site.

To apply, you must write a brief research proposal that reflects a plan of your own, or a plan that we develop together, involving some computational approach to molecular evolution. Especially welcome are proposals for empirical or theoretical work on biases in the introduction of variation as a dispositional factor in evolution, building on work such as Yampolsky and Stoltzfus (2001), Stoltzfus and McCandlish (2017) or Stoltzfus and Norris (2016).

The upcoming deadline for proposals is February 1, 2021 (there is another deadline August 1). If you are interested, contact me with a brief introduction, and we’ll go from there.

Arlin Stoltzfus (arlin@umd.edu)

Research Biologist, NIST (Data Scientist, Office of Data & Informatics)
Fellow, IBBR; Adj. Assoc. Prof., UMCP;
IBBR, 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD, 20850

Sources

Stoltzfus A, McCandlish DM. 2017. Mutational biases influence parallel adaptation. Mol Biol Evol 34:2163-2172

Stoltzfus A, Norris RW. 2016. On the Causes of Evolutionary Transition:Transversion Bias. Mol Biol Evol 33:595-602.

Yampolsky LY, Stoltzfus A. 2001. Bias in the introduction of variation as an orienting factor in evolution. Evol Dev 3:73-83.

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