<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Spencer Behmer</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:s-behmer@tamu.edu">s-behmer@tamu.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 3:19 PM<br>Subject: Postdoctoral opportunity in integrative insect behavior...<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:richard.redak@ucr.edu">richard.redak@ucr.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:kerry.mauck@ucr.edu">kerry.mauck@ucr.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:john.trumble@ucr.edu">john.trumble@ucr.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:ring.carde@ucr.edu">ring.carde@ucr.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:jocelyn.millar@ucr.edu">jocelyn.millar@ucr.edu</a>>, Jennifer S. Thaler <<a href="mailto:jst37@cornell.edu">jst37@cornell.edu</a>>, Anurag Agrawal <<a href="mailto:aa337@cornell.edu">aa337@cornell.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:corrie.moreau@cornell.edu">corrie.moreau@cornell.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:ak357@cornell.edu">ak357@cornell.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:bl89@cornell.edu">bl89@cornell.edu</a>>, John E. Losey <<a href="mailto:jel27@cornell.edu">jel27@cornell.edu</a>>, Angela Douglas <<a href="mailto:aes326@cornell.edu">aes326@cornell.edu</a>>, Andrew Suarez <<a href="mailto:suarez2@illinois.edu">suarez2@illinois.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:maybe@illinois.edu">maybe@illinois.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:hanks@life.illinois.edu">hanks@life.illinois.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:fuller@life.uiuc.edu">fuller@life.uiuc.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:sdfrank@ncsu.edu">sdfrank@ncsu.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:fgould@ncsu.edu">fgould@ncsu.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:ddreisig@ncsu.edu">ddreisig@ncsu.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:coby@ncsu.edu">coby@ncsu.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:jules_silverman@ncsu.edu">jules_silverman@ncsu.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:bwiegman@ncsu.edu">bwiegman@ncsu.edu</a>>, Bonning,Bryony <<a href="mailto:bbonning@ufl.edu">bbonning@ufl.edu</a>>, Dan Hahn <<a href="mailto:dahahn@ufl.edu">dahahn@ufl.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:hulcr@ufl.edu">hulcr@ufl.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:bsiegfried1@ufl.edu">bsiegfried1@ufl.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:jenweeks1@ufl.edu">jenweeks1@ufl.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:crodriguez@njaes.rutgers.edu">crodriguez@njaes.rutgers.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:dsgruner@umd.edu">dsgruner@umd.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:jga8@psu.edu">jga8@psu.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:gwf10@psu.edu">gwf10@psu.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:cmgrozinger@psu.edu">cmgrozinger@psu.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:kxh25@psu.edu">kxh25@psu.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:dhughes@psu.edu">dhughes@psu.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:jhm10@psu.edu">jhm10@psu.edu</a>>, Schilder, Rudolf Johannes <<a href="mailto:rjs360@psu.edu">rjs360@psu.edu</a>>, John Tooker <<a href="mailto:tooker@psu.edu">tooker@psu.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:jht2@psu.edu">jht2@psu.edu</a>><br>Cc: Gregory Sword <<a href="mailto:gasword@tamu.edu">gasword@tamu.edu</a>>, Hojun Song <<a href="mailto:hsong@tamu.edu">hsong@tamu.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div>Dear Colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>I’m excited to share an exciting postdoc opportunity to study integrative insect behavior.</div><div><br></div><div>Hojun Song, Greg Sword and I are part of a team (representing 7 institutions) that was recently awarded an NSF Biological Integration Institute (BII) grant. Our Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute (BPRI) is one of four inaugural BII institutes and we officially started November 1. The broad goal of our institute is to transform the way phenotypic plasticity is studied through complete biological integration. The BPRI brings together a team of experts in genomics, genome editing, functional genetics, epigenetics, neurobiology, nutritional physiology, environmental physiology, ecology, ethology, evolutionary biology phylogenetics, and sustainability science to collectively investigate locust phase polyphenism – one of the most striking cases of coordinated phenotypic plasticity.</div><div><br></div><div>Hojun, Greg, and I are currently advertising a 5-year postdoc position that will be based at Texas A&M University. The postdoc will focus on a research project that integrates physiology, collective behavior, and evolution to identify and understand the mechanisms underlying locust phase change, including at the molecular level. The postdoc will be affiliated with each our our labs, and will assist in the training of 4 PhD students.</div><div><br></div><div>More information related to the BPRI and this position can be found at: <a href="https://behavioralplasticity.org/" target="_blank">https://behavioralplasticity.org</a></div><div><br></div><div>Potential applicants can contact Hojun (<a href="mailto:hsong@tamu.edu" target="_blank">hsong@tamu.edu</a>), Greg (<a href="mailto:gasword@tamu.edu" target="_blank">gasword@tamu.edu</a>) or myself (<a href="mailto:s-behmer@tamu.edu" target="_blank">s-behmer@tamu.edu</a>) for additional details and questions.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance for your help spreading the word and sharing this advert!</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Spence</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div></div></div></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><br><div>
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