{"id":25833,"date":"2026-09-07T15:01:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T13:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.edu.pl\/szkola-doktorska\/?p=25833"},"modified":"2026-09-07T15:01:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T13:01:02","slug":"nabor-na-nauki-biologiczne-drivers-of-polyploid-genome-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/us.edu.pl\/szkola-doktorska\/en\/2026\/09\/07\/nabor-na-nauki-biologiczne-drivers-of-polyploid-genome-evolution\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD call in biology: Drivers of polyploid genome evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column]\r\n                <div class=\"text-modules\">\r\n                    <div class=\"container\">\r\n                        \r\n                        <div class=\"text-modules__content\"><p><strong>Subject<\/strong>: \u201eDrivers of polyploid genome evolution: repetitive DNA dynamics and chromosome rearrangements<em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Unit of the project realization<\/strong>: Faculty of Natural Sciences; Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection \u00a0\u2013 University of Silesia in Katowice<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unit realizing the PhD student education: <\/strong>Doctoral School at the University of Silesia in Katowice<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The project will focus on rDNA evolution and organization in <em>Amaranthus<\/em> using molecular, cytogenetic, bioinformatic, and phylogenetic approaches to understand post-polyploidization genome evolution, including sequence variation and chromosomal localization. It also investigates karyotype evolution and chromosome number changes, including chromosome fusions and dysploidy, using oligo-labeling probes, fluorescent <em>in situ<\/em> hybridisation, and comparative cytogenetic analyses.<\/p>\n<p>Research will be carried out in the frame of the project \u201eDrivers of polyploid genome evolution: repetitive DNA dynamics and chromosome rearrangements\u201d (number of the project <strong>2025\/59\/B\/NZ8\/00852<\/strong>), financed from NCN under management of dr hab. Bo\u017cena Kolano, prof. U\u015a<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scope of Duties <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plant material cultivation and preparation<\/li>\n<li>Chromosome number analyses and detection of inter- and intraspecific variation<\/li>\n<li>DNA isolation and cloning of rDNA sequences<\/li>\n<li>Preparation of chromosome spreads (including 3D polyacrylamide-based preparations)<\/li>\n<li>Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and immunostaining<\/li>\n<li>Epifluorescence and confocal microscopy analyses, including image processing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Participation in bioinformatic analyses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Design and application of oligonucleotide probes for FISH<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Participation in data analysis, manuscript preparation, and conference presentations<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duration of the scholarship: 48 months<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scholarship amount: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PLN <strong>4\u00a0693,24 <\/strong>\u00a0gross (before the mid-term evaluation) \/ PLN <strong>5\u00a0546,55 <\/strong>\u00a0gross (after mid-term evaluation)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Full text of the announcement<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/us.edu.pl\/szkola-doktorska\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/Bez-kategorii\/Drivers-of-polyploid-genome-evolution-PhD-call-eng.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Drivers of polyploid genome evolution &#8211; PhD call eng<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Registration Link<\/strong>:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/irk.us.edu.pl\/pl\/offer\/SD-GRANT-2026\/programme\/20-S3PRZ_NZ800852\/\">https:\/\/irk.us.edu.pl\/pl\/offer\/SD-GRANT-2026\/programme\/20-S3PRZ_NZ800852\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Documents should be submitted by <strong>November 15<\/strong> to the following e-mail address:: <a href=\"mailto:bozena.kolano@us.edu.pl\">bozena.kolano@us.edu.pl<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">a[data-mtli~=\"mtli_filesize14739kB\"]:after {content:\" (147.39 kB)\"}<\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row] [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/us.edu.pl\/szkola-doktorska\/en\/2026\/09\/07\/nabor-na-nauki-biologiczne-drivers-of-polyploid-genome-evolution\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.edu.pl\/szkola-doktorska\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25833"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.edu.pl\/szkola-doktorska\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.edu.pl\/szkola-doktorska\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.edu.pl\/szkola-doktorska\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.edu.pl\/szkola-doktorska\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/us.edu.pl\/szkola-doktorska\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25834,"href":"https:\/\/us.edu.pl\/szkola-doktorska\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25833\/revisions\/25834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.edu.pl\/szkola-doktorska\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.edu.pl\/szkola-doktorska\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.edu.pl\/szkola-doktorska\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}