Applicants are sought for a PhD candidate as part of a funded four-year research program based on observations of distinct movement and location patterns of individual hens in large groups https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-29962-x. The project will consider a variety of developmental factors including early life stressors that lead to the described patterns as well as their relationship with the epigenome and social stability within and across animals.

The candidate will be involved in all aspects of the project including: experimental design, project coordination, data analysis, and presentations at conferences and peer-reviewed journal articles. The project will be based at the Center for Proper Housing of Poultry and Rabbits within the Division of Animal Welfare at the University of Bern http://www.tierschutz.vetsuisse.unibe.ch/content/index_eng.html with collaborators from Sweden and the United Kingdom. The salary will be based on regulations of the Swiss National Science Foundation which also funded the project.

Department of Animal Nutrition and Management

The Department offers an inspiring research environment where we carry out basic and applied research on chemical nutrient composition, animal metabolism, housing and management. The goal is to create a sustainable and profitable production with good animal care that provides high quality food. The Department works with farm species as well as sport and pet animals. The research is often interdisciplinary and carried out in co-operation with other Departments, both in Sweden and abroad. Research in sustainable livestock systems in the tropics is also an important part of the activities at the Department. Within the poultry research area, our goal is to develop knowledge in the area of nutrition, housing and management of meat-type chickens and laying hens.

Univerzitet Privredna Akademija i Fakultet za ekonomiju i inženjerski menadžment u Novom Sadu otpočeli su stratešku saradnju sa mađarskom visokoškolskom institucijom - BKF Univerzitet Primenjenih Nauka iz Budimpešte. BKF Centar znanja, osnovan krajem maja meseca, predstavlja kamen temeljac dugoročne saradnje između ove dve institucije.