I would like to draw recent and soon-to-graduate PhDs' attention to the Rubicon Postdoctoral Programme under the Dutch National Research Funding Agency. We would be more than delighted to host an imaginative and self-driven post doctorate in our lab under this programme. The fellowship is open to all nationalities and awarded based upon research excellence. The proposal is relatively short. For more information see: http://www.nwo.nl/nwohome.nsf/pages/NWOP_6H2G7R_ENG. The next (and possibly last deadline for this program is December 1st, 2011) Our main focus area is the application of genetic methods to study the ecology and evolution of marine mammals. We are currently (in collaboration with UC Santa Cruz as well as UC San Francisco) sequencing the genome of the humpback whale and the harbor porpoise but we have also large collections of samples from many marine mammal species and populations, and plenty of data awaiting analysis. If you are interested please write to Per Palsboll (p.j.palsboll@rug.nl) and Martine Berube (m.berube@rug.nl). Cheers, -- Per J. Palsboll, Professor Marine Evolution and Conservation Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies University of Groningen Nijenborgh 7 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands Office phone: +31 50 363 9882 Mobile +31 64 870 3295 Mail address: PO Box 11103 9700 CC Groningen The Netherlands