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<p>The NIOO-KNAW offers a position for a</p>
<h3 align="center"><strong>Bioinformatician / Quantitative
Ecologist – post-doc</strong></h3>
<h4><strong>Project description</strong></h4>
<p>The key question this project addresses is to what extend open
access data, now often required by journals to be deposited in
data repositories such as Dryad, can be used in meta-analysis.
What are the pitfalls and what are the advantages over
traditional meta-analysis? To explore this question the post-doc
will closely collaborate with a number of researchers from all
four departments at the NIOO. These researchers will carry out
meta-analyses to answer a range of ecological questions (such as
“How do richness patterns relate to environmental
C:N:P stoichiometry across kingdoms and ecosystems?”, “Is
rarity (type) phylogenetically conserved among microbes?” and
“Does additive genetic variation in traits, and thereby the
potential for evolutionary responses, vary with environmental
conditions?”). The post-doc will support these analyses and use
the experiences as input to address the key-question of this project, which should result in a
methodological paper. The post-doc will thus play a central role
in a small group of enthusiastic ecologists to explore a
potentially new ‘niche’ in ecological research methods.</p>
<h4><strong><span style="line-height:1.6">Requirements</span></strong></h4>
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<p><span style="line-height:1.6">We are looking for a highly
motivated and enthusiastic person with a PhD in bioinformatics
or ecology and </span><span style="line-height:1.6">experienced
in working with large<br>
datasets (‘big data’) and preferably with meta-analysis.
Affinity with ecological </span><span style="line-height:1.6">research
is a pre-requisite, as well as the ability to work in a team.<br>
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<span style="line-height:1.6">More info:
<a class="" href="https://nioo.knaw.nl/nl/vacatures/bioinformatician-quantitative-ecologist-%E2%80%93-post-doc">https://nioo.knaw.nl/nl/vacatures/bioinformatician-quantitative-ecologist-%E2%80%93-post-doc</a></span></div>