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In the context of highly multidisciplinary studies investigating the development of skin colour patterns in the corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus), we are seeking creative and highly motivated students with a background in physics or applied mathematics to investigate physical models of pattern formation in a multicellular biological tissue. The model will be used to understand pattern variation on the skin of the corn snake. The successful candidates will interact with a multidisciplinary team of physicists, computer scientists and biologists and will be trained in theoretical physics applied to biological systems.
The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis by A. M. Turing
Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B, 237, 641: 37-72 (1952)
Genome mapping of a LYST mutation in corn snakes indicates that vertebrate chromatophore vesicles are lysosome-related organelles
PNAS 117, 42 : 26307-26317 (2020)
A Living Mesoscopic Cellular Automaton Made of Skin Scales
Nature 544, 7649 : 173–179 (2017)
Patterning and growth control in vivo by an engineered GFP gradient
Science, 370(6514), 321-327 (2020)
https://genev.unige.ch/research/laboratory/guillaume-salbreux
https://genev.unige.ch/research/laboratory/Michel-Milinkovitch - https://www.lanevol.org
Contact Dr. Athanasia C. Tzika (athanasia [dot] tzika [at] unige.ch) for details.
In the context of highly multidisciplinary studies investigating the development of skin colour patterns in the leopard geckos, we are seeking creative and highly motivated students with strong interest in molecular developmental biology to assist in mapping leopard gecko colour and colour pattern traits. The successful candidates will interact with a multidisciplinary team of physicists, computer scientists and biologists and will be trained in state-of-the-art imaging techniques and molecular developmental approaches.
Contact Dr. Athanasia C. Tzika (athanasia [dot] tzika [at] unige.ch) for details.
In the context of highly multidisciplinary studies investigating the development of skin appendages (project 1) and skin colour patterns (project 2) in vertebrates, we are seeking creative and highly motivated students with strong interests and skills in mathematical modelling and numerical simulations of physical processes (reaction-diffusion, mechanics, …). The successful candidates will interact with a multidisciplinary team of physicists, computer scientists and biologists (the latter using state-of-the-art imaging techniques and molecular developmental approaches).
Contact Prof. Michel C. Milinkovitch (michel [dot] milinkovitch [at] unige.ch) for details.
In the context of highly multidisciplinary studies investigating the development of skin colour patterns in the corn snake, we are seeking creative and highly motivated students with strong interest in molecular developmental biology to assist in mapping corn snake colour and colour pattern traits. The successful candidates will interact with a multidisciplinary team of physicists, computer scientists and biologists and will be trained in state-of-the-art imaging techniques and molecular developmental approaches.
Contact Dr. Athanasia C. Tzika (athanasia [dot] tzika [at] unige.ch) for details.