The Byers lab at Illinois State University is recruiting graduate students interested in the evolutionary dynamics of plant and soil microbes as well as plant – pollinator dynamics in the fragmented landscape of Midwestern prairies. Our recent work has been focused on the impacts of genetic drift on the frequency of female plants of a native prairie plant with a gynodioecious breeding system – Lobelia spicata. Given interesting patterns in earlier results we are now focusing on the potential impacts of soil pathogens or mutualisms in altering the relative fitness of the different sexes.
We are also working in collaboration with multiple researchers at the University of Kansas and University of Minnesota on the role of plant-pathogen interactions in the maintenance of species diversity. This recently NSF-funded project will be assessing these interactions across rainfall and species diversity gradients in Midwestern U.S. prairies.
The position is for a talented and industrious graduate student to work on this NSF-funded project, which will be focusing on prairie plant-microbial interactions in the high diversity tallgrass prairies of Illinois. This work will be done in close coordination with parallel field and greenhouse projects in Kansas. The student will have the opportunity to develop additional directions linked to our work with Lobelia spicata.
Illinois State University is located in central Illinois in the college-dominated medium-size town of Normal, IL. which is an easy drive to Chicago and St. Louis. The School of Biological Sciences has a broad interactive group of faculty with both M.S. and Ph.D. degree programs. You can learn more about the School at http://biology.illinoisstate.edu/.
Interested applicants should contact Dr. Diane Byers at dlbyer2@ilstu.edu. With your inquiry, please include a CV, unofficial transcript, short overview of your research interests and experience, and GRE scores if available.
Applications for the Fall are accepted until January or until a candidate is chosen, so earlier application is encouraged.
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<div>The Byers lab at Illinois State University is recruiting graduate students interested in the evolutionary dynamics of plant and soil microbes as well as plant – pollinator dynamics in the fragmented landscape of Midwestern prairies. Our recent work has
been focused on the impacts of genetic drift on the frequency of female plants of a native prairie plant with a gynodioecious breeding system –
<i>Lobelia spicata</i>. Given interesting patterns in earlier results we are now focusing on the potential impacts of soil pathogens or mutualisms in altering the relative fitness of the different sexes.<br>
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We are also working in collaboration with multiple researchers at the University of Kansas and University of Minnesota on the role of plant-pathogen interactions in the maintenance of species diversity. This recently NSF-funded project will be assessing these
interactions across rainfall and species diversity gradients in Midwestern U.S. prairies.<br>
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The position is for a talented and industrious graduate student to work on this NSF-funded project, which will be focusing on prairie plant-microbial interactions in the high diversity tallgrass prairies of Illinois. This work will be done in close coordination
with parallel field and greenhouse projects in Kansas. The student will have the opportunity to develop additional directions linked to our work with
<i>Lobelia spicata</i>.<br>
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Illinois State University is located in central Illinois in the college-dominated medium-size town of Normal, IL. which is an easy drive to Chicago and St. Louis. The School of Biological Sciences has a broad interactive group of faculty with both M.S. and
Ph.D. degree programs. You can learn more about the School at http://biology.illinoisstate.edu/.<br>
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Interested applicants should contact Dr. Diane Byers at dlbyer2@ilstu.edu. With your inquiry, please include a CV, unofficial transcript, short overview of your research interests and experience, and GRE scores if available.<br>
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Applications for the Fall are accepted until January or until a candidate is chosen, so earlier application is encouraged. <br>
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