[BBC] PhD position: “Modelling the drivers of reef microbialization”

[Bas E. Dutilh]

Dear Colleagues,

Please forward this email to suitable candidates for a joint PhD position
at Utrecht University and the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
NIOZ: *“Modelling the drivers of reef microbialization”*. The ideal
candidate has a MSc with a major in computational biology or metabolic
modelling. See details below.

*CLOSING DATE: January 20th, 2021*

More info:
https://www.workingatnioz.com/our-jobs/phd-position-%E2%80%9Cmodelling-the-drivers-of-reef-microbialization%E2%80%9D.html
Apply here: https://www.workingatnioz.com/job-application.html?id=9773

All the best for 2021!

Bas Dutilh and Andreas Haas


THE DEPARTMENTS

The Department of Earth Sciences (UU, Theoretical Biology & Bioinformatics)
the UU Metagenomics Group (MGX) and the NIOZ Department of Marine
Microbiology and Biogeochemistry (MMB) are looking for a highly motivated
PhD candidate, a MSc with a major in computational biology or metabolic
modelling.

You will join two world-class research groups: the UU Metagenomics Group (
MGX <https://www.workingatnioz.com/tbb.bio.uu.nl/dutilh>) and the NIOZ
Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry (MMB
<http://www.nioz.nl/en/about/organisation/staff/andi-haas>).

Both UU and NIOZ are truly interdisciplinary and international institutes.
UU has over 30,000 students and over 5,000 faculty and staff and is
consistently ranked among the world’s top universities. UU is renowned for
our emphasis on inspirational research and excellent education, and equally
for the familiar atmosphere and the ambitious can-do mentality of our
people. Bioinformatics is one of the Focus Areas of Utrecht University.
NIOZ is a world leading marine research institute performs and promotes
excellent, highly multidisciplinary research on questions relating to
marine systems, addressing both scientific and societal questions. With its
mission ‘Blue Planet’ NIOZ serves as the national oceanographic center in
the Netherlands and serves as national marine research facilitator for the
Dutch scientific community.



THE PROJECT
Coastal ecosystems worldwide are under threat due to increased
anthropogenic pressure. Subsequent phase shifts in the marine system are
characterized by alterations in the microbiome, often associated with
higher abundances of copiotrophic and pathogenic bacteria. This may create
a positive feedback loop that further fosters the downward trajectory of
ecosystem degradation, a phenomenon called microbialization. As microbial
dynamics are both cause and consequence of ecological phase shifts, they
play a pivotal role in ecosystem health. As part of a recently funded
collaboration project between the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea
Research (NIOZ) and Utrecht University (UU), you will combine large
metabolomic and metagenomic datasets with microbial community modelling to
improve our understanding of the structuring mechanisms behind
microbialization and to identify potential intervention strategies.



THE CANDIDATE
We are looking for a highly motivated PhD candidate, a MSc with a major in
computational biology or metabolic modelling. You will be using
bioinformatic analysis and computational modelling to investigate the
fundamental principles that shape microbiomes, as well as
multi-disciplinary approaches to identify how microbial processes influence
ecosystem functioning in marine and coral reef systems. Your computer and
programming skills are excellent. Due to the international character of our
research, good command of English, spoken as well as written, is a
prerequisite.  We highly encourage applicants from all members of our
community and of diverse background to join us.



CONDITIONS
Employment of this position at Royal NIOZ is by NWO
<https://www.nwo.nl/en> (The
Netherlands Organization of Scientific Research). We offer a position for a
period of 4 years (fulltime). We offer a position for a period of 1 year
(fulltime). At the end of this first year, the employment will be extended
for a fixed-term of a maximum of 4 years, if the first year evaluation held
with the employee is positive. The salary is compliant to the CAO-OI
<http://www.wvoi.nl/cao-oi-en/> (Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch
Research Institutes), a pension scheme, a holiday allowance of 8% of the
gross annual salary, a year-end bonus of 8,3%, flexible work arrangements
and arrangements and 42 days of holiday leave (fulltime position).

You may expect attractive secondary employment conditions. We offer
generous relocation expenses for employees coming from abroad and support
with finding accommodation.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about this vacancy, please contact dr. Bas E.
Dutilh <b.e.dutilh at uu.nl> (Assistant Professor Theoretical Biology &
Bioinformatics at UU) and dr. Andreas Haas <andreas.haas at nioz.nl> (senior
scienstist at NIOZ). For additional information about the procedure, please
contact Valentijn Tiemensma <valentijn.tiemensma at nioz.nl> (senior HR
advisor).

For more information about Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics in the
Department of Biology at Utrecht see here
<https://www.uu.nl/en/research/theoretical-biology-and-bioinformatics>; for
more information about the Department of Marine Microbiology and
Biogeochemistry at NIOZ, see here <https://www.nioz.nl/en/about/mmb>.


This vacancy is the result of a collaboration between Utrecht University
and NIOZ. Find more information about the 13 available UU-NIOZ projects
here: https://www.nioz.nl/en/research/uu-nioz-projects


-- 
Dr. Bas E. Dutilh <http://tbb.bio.uu.nl/dutilh>
Metagenomics Group <https://wiki.ubc.uu.nl/mgx/>
Utrecht Bioinformatics Center <https://ubc.uu.nl/user/dutilh/>
Institute of Biodynamics and Biocomplexity
<http://www.ibb-uu.nl/research-groups/bas-dutilh-metagenomics-genomics/>
Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics <http://tbb.bio.uu.nl/>, Utrecht
University
<http://www.uu.nl/medewerkers/BEDutilh>
+31 (0)30 253 4212
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