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POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
Other than grant-funded positions in the lab, there are many independent postdoctoral research fellowship schemes in the UK, EU and in home countries. Current post-docs and finishing PhDs are encouraged look into funding schemes from the following bodies:
BBSRC
NERC
The Royal Society
The Wellcome Trust
Marie Curie (EU)
The Marshall Aid Commission (for US citizens)
To discuss postdoctoral opportunities, please contact Pete Olson
For current post-docs, see PEOPLE
POST-GRADUATES
Although the NHM does not itself confer academic degrees, we partner with leading UK universities to direct PhD students who may conduct their research primarily at the NHM. Funding opportunities change from year to year; consult the NHM website for current schemes.
Research-based MSc/MRes project student placements in the Olson Lab are available annually through the following London-based academic programmes:
MSc in Reproductive & Development Biology
Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College, London
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MRes in Biodiversity, Evolution and Conservation
University College London / Natural History Museum / Zoological Society of London
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MRes in Ecology, Evolution & Conservation
Imperial College, London
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MRes in BioSystematics
Imperial College and Natural History Museum
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To discuss PhD and MRes opportunities, please contact Pete Olson
For current and former post-grads, see PEOPLE
COLLABORATORATION
We are always interested in hearing from people with shared interests. Please contact Pete Olson
See also International Travel Grants via The Royal Society
VISITING SCIENTISTS
Interested in utilizing Museum collections & research facilities?
Check out funding oppurtunities for EU scientists via Synthesys:
See also International Travel Grants via The Royal Society
We are always interested in hearing from people with shared interests. Please contact Pete Olson
Olson et al. 2020. Complete representation of a tapeworm genome reveals chromosomes capped by centromeres, necessitating a dual role in segregation and protection. BMC Biology PUBLICATIONS
James and Olson. 2020. the tapeworm interactive: inferring confidence scored protein-protein interactions from the proteome of Hymenolepis microstoma PUBLICATIONS
International Helminth Genomes Consortium. 2019. Comparative genomics of the major parasitic worms. Nature Genetics PUBLICATIONS
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Available Now! Next Generation Systematics 2016. PD Olson, J Hughes and JA Cotton (ed.). Cambridge University Press
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