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<p>Dear all,</p>
<p>I am looking for a PhD student in bioinformatics, modeling marine
microbial interactions at the NIOZ on Texel.<br>
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<p><b>What is it about?</b><br>
</p>
<p>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.</p>
<b>Who are we looking for? </b>
<p>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. </p>
<p><b>For more information and to apply, see:</b><br>
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<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.workingatnioz.com/our-jobs/phd-student-%E2%80%9Cmodelling-causal-interactions-between-marine-microbes%E2%80%9D.html">https://www.workingatnioz.com/our-jobs/phd-student-%E2%80%9Cmodelling-causal-interactions-between-marine-microbes%E2%80%9D.html</a></p>
<p>Please apply before July 15, 2018.<br>
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<p>Thanks and kind regards,</p>
<p>Julia<br>
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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: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:julia.engelmann@nioz.nl">julia.engelmann@nioz.nl</a>
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