{"id":1689,"date":"2014-12-02T17:20:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T17:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2014-12-02T17:20:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T17:20:00","slug":"m-sc-or-ph-d-position-in-ecotoxicology-to-study-the-effects-of-neonicitinoid-pesticides-on-salmonids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2014\/12\/02\/m-sc-or-ph-d-position-in-ecotoxicology-to-study-the-effects-of-neonicitinoid-pesticides-on-salmonids\/","title":{"rendered":"M.Sc. or Ph.D. position in ecotoxicology to study the effects of neonicitinoid pesticides on salmonids."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>QUALIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>B.Sc. in biology\/toxicology or related discipline<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrated excellence in academic achievement<\/li>\n<li>Excellent oral and written communication skills<\/li>\n<li>Experience with animal physiology, comparative endocrinology and molecular biology<\/li>\n<li>Training and experience in aqueous environmental chemistry would be an asset<\/li>\n<li>Experience in biology\/toxicology lab and field research would be an asset<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Contact for further information or to submit an electronic application package:<\/strong><br \/>\nDr. Vicki Marlatt<br \/>\nAssistant Professor of Environmental Toxicology and Biology<br \/>\nDepartment of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University<br \/>\n8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada, V5A 1S6<br \/>\nPhone: 778-782-4107<br \/>\nEmail: vicki.marlatt@sfu.ca<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Current-use pesticides are a concern for the health of anadromous salmonids<br \/>\nthroughout the Fraser River Basin. Pesticides can degrade the quality of salmon habitat,<br \/>\nand they represent a challenge to Fisheries and Oceans approaches for protecting wild<br \/>\nfish populations. Pesticide contamination can be extensive in agricultural and urban<br \/>\nwatersheds, and recent monitoring by Environment Canada has shown that surface<br \/>\nwaters in major tributaries to the main stem of the Fraser River are frequently<br \/>\ncontaminated with diverse mixtures of insecticides, herbicides, and other biocidal<br \/>\ncompounds. The consequences of pesticide exposure on the health of salmon and the<br \/>\nviability of natural populations are still largely unknown. This uncertainty creates difficult<br \/>\nchallenges for the management of threatened or endangered salmonids and the<br \/>\nrestoration of pesticide-contaminated habitats. To address these important knowledge<br \/>\ngaps with respect to pesticide risk to salmonids, we will investigate an emerging<br \/>\nchemical class of insecticide, the neonicotinoids, for their sublethal impacts on the<br \/>\ndevelopment, physiology, and behavior of sockeye salmon.<br \/>\nCandidates will work in a team-based environment under the supervision of Dr. Vicki<br \/>\nMarlatt the principal investigator and senior supervisor, and with Dr. Chris Kennedy and<br \/>\nseveral Simon Fraser University (SFU) graduate and undergraduate students. The<br \/>\nprincipal laboratory is located at SFU, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Applications<br \/>\nare being accepted for June, 2015 or September, 2015 start dates. The deadline for the<br \/>\nSFU graduate studies application is Feb. 1st, 2015 for the June start date. The deadline<br \/>\nfor the SFU graduate studies application is June 1st, 2015 for the September start date.<br \/>\nPrior to the SFU graduate studies application deadlines, interested candidates should<br \/>\nsubmit a single electronic PDF file to vicki.marlatt@sfu.ca that includes the following: a<br \/>\ncover letter; CV; one sample of scientific writing; and, contact information for three<br \/>\nreferences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QUALIFICATIONS B.Sc. in biology\/toxicology or related discipline Demonstrated excellence in academic achievement Excellent oral and written communication skills Experience with animal physiology, comparative endocrinology and molecular biology Training and experience in aqueous environmental chemistry would be an asset Experience in biology\/toxicology lab and field research would be an asset Contact for further information or to &#8230; <a title=\"M.Sc. or Ph.D. position in ecotoxicology to study the effects of neonicitinoid pesticides on salmonids.\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2014\/12\/02\/m-sc-or-ph-d-position-in-ecotoxicology-to-study-the-effects-of-neonicitinoid-pesticides-on-salmonids\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":1690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biology","category-job-board"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1689"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1691,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689\/revisions\/1691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}