Applicants are invited for a PhD fellowship/scholarship at the Graduate School of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the Quantitative Genetics and Genomics programme. The position is available from 01 September 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. You can submit your application via the link under 'how to apply'.
Gene duplication is a major driver of evolutionary innovation in plants and has played an important role in the emergence of traits relevant to crop domestication and improvement, such as flower morphology and stress responses. This PhD project aims to investigate how duplicated genes diverge or retain functions, and how these processes contribute to the evolution of agronomically important traits in domesticated plants. By combining comparative genomics, evolutionary analyses, and computational approaches across multiple crop species, the project will help identify candidate genes relevant for crop research and future breeding strategies. The results will also provide new insights into the evolutionary mechanisms shaping plant genomes.
Applicants must hold a relevant Master’s degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field and
- Knowledge in programming in Python or R
- Familiarity with machine learning or deep learning methods is a plus
- Interest in plant genomics, evolutionary biology, or comparative genomics
- Proficient in written and spoken English communication skills
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