[BBC] Bioinformatics PhD position at the NIOZ

[Julia Engelmann]

Dear all,

I am looking for a PhD student in bioinformatics, modeling marine 
microbial interactions at the NIOZ on Texel.

*What is it about?*

The project is concerned with elucidating marine microbial inter-species 
interactions based on high-throughput genomic data by applying network 
modeling. Microbes in the oceans, sediment and in microbiomes of higher 
organisms, form communities which keep the element and nutrient cycles 
in the seas and on land running. Different microorganisms have different 
metabolic capabilities. The product of one species can be the substrate 
for another. Besides dependencies based on individual nutrients, more 
complex interactions, such as symbiosis, predator-prey and competition 
for limited resources among marine microbes, will be elucidated in this 
project. Moreover, the impact of changing environmental conditions due 
to climate change on microbial communities will be assessed. To do so, 
causal network modelling will be applied to microbial abundance data and 
measurements of environmental parameters such as temperature and 
salinity to predict causal effects of species and environmental 
parameters on other species. The PhD student will then perform follow-up 
experiments in the lab to validate predicted interactions.

*Who are we looking for? *

We like to get into contact with a PhD student holding an MSc degree in 
Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, Mathematics, 
(Bio-)Statistics, Physics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Microbial 
Ecology or related fields. You are highly organized, motivated, and 
fluent in oral and written English. Experience with Unix is mandatory. 
Candidates need to have a proven record of their bioinformatics and 
programming skills. Candidates with good command of R, Bash and Python 
are preferred. If your background is in Biology-related fields, you will 
need to catch up with some mathematics and statistics. The ideal 
candidate also has experience in the analysis of high-throughput genomic 
data, including metagenomic data.

*For more information and to apply, see:*

https://www.workingatnioz.com/our-jobs/phd-student-%E2%80%9Cmodelling-causal-interactions-between-marine-microbes%E2%80%9D.html

Please apply before July 15, 2018.

Thanks and kind regards,

Julia


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Julia C. Engelmann
Tenure-track scientist
Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry
NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
and Utrecht University
Landsdiep 4, 1797 SZ ‘t Horntje
Texel, The Netherlands

Phone: +31 (0) 222 369 388
Email: julia.engelmann at nioz.nl

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