<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Hojun Song</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:hsong@tamu.edu">hsong@tamu.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 1:28 PM<br>Subject: NSF-BII Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute - Exciting Graduate Training Opportunity for Prospective Students<br>To: Hojun Song <<a href="mailto:hsong@tamu.edu">hsong@tamu.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Dear Department Heads,<div><br></div><div>My name is Hojun Song, an Associate Professor in the Department of Entomology at Texas A&M University. I am writing to ask your help to spread the word about an exciting opportunity for your undergraduate students or MS students who are finishing up soon, and are considering PhD programs.</div><div><br></div><div>The Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute (BPRI) is a newly established Biology Integration Institute funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation. The BPRI research centers on understanding locust phase polyphenism, one of the most striking examples of coordinated phenotypic plasticity. This phenomenon provides a powerful comparative system for understanding how gene expression patterns and epigenetic regulation are linked to shifts in behavior, physiology, and ecology that result in outbreaks, collective movement, and mass migration. The BPRI is established to comprehensively dissect this phenomenon and use it as a model system to transform the study of phenotypic plasticity. With a commitment to improving diversity, inclusion and equity, the BPRI will train the next generation of integrative biologists who can efficiently navigate across different disciplines.<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">We are pleased to announce the availability of 12 fully-funded graduate assistantships to start in Fall 2021, each with support for up to 5 years. More detailed information can be found in the attached 1-page PDF file.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>I would appreciate it very much if you could share this 1-page PDF advertisement with your students who are looking for PhD programs as well as your faculty.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>Thank you so much for your help in advance.</div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div>Hojun Song</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">=======================================<div><b>Hojun Song, Ph.D.</b></div><div>Associate Professor</div><div>Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University</div><div>Biological Control Facility, Room 118-119<br></div><div>College Station, TX 77843-2475</div><div><br></div><div>Office: 979-845-2481</div><div>Lab: 979-845-2487</div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:hsong@tamu.edu" target="_blank">hsong@tamu.edu</a></div><div>Website: <a href="http://schistocerca.org/SongLab" target="_blank">schistocerca.org/SongLab</a></div><div><br></div><div><div><font size="2">Mailing Address:</font></div><div>Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University<font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Minnie Belle Heep Center, Room 412</font></div><div><font size="2">Campus MS 2475</font></div><div><font size="2">College Station, TX 77843-2475</font></div></div><div>=======================================</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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