We are looking for a PhD Candidate for research at the Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology on the topic of ultrasonic vocalizations and social recognition in wild house mice. This project is a collaborative effort between our laboratory (Sarah Zala & Dustin Penn) and Peter Balazs at the Acoustics Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Application deadline: 15 February 2023. Desired starting date 1 April 2023
Testing the Membrane Pacemaker Hypothesis according to early-life conditions in a small heterotherm (with Priv.Doz.Dr. Sylvain Giroud and Dr. Alba Hykollari)
Duration 6-8 months, start flexible, latest January 2023
Effect of age on telomere length and between-tissues comparison in the garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) (with Priv. Doz. Dr. Sylvain Giroud and Dr. Steve Smith)
Duration about 6 months, start flexible, latest January 2023
The Domestication lab is currently looking for students and volunteers for an internship in their research project about free-living dogs in Morocco.