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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Jeroen Raes <<a href="mailto:jeroen.raes@kuleuven.be" class="">jeroen.raes@kuleuven.be</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">postdoc position</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">24 January 2022</span></div><br class=""><div class="">
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">The lab of Jeroen Raes (VIB, KU Leuven - Leuven, Belgium) is looking for a postdoctoral researcher in the computational analysis of microbiome data, with a particular emphasis on human-associated microbial communities in health
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">(i) bioinformatics/statistics method development for joint host and microbiota data analysis and ecology, multi-omics, diagnostic model development and clinical data integration, and/or</font></div>
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">(ii) their application to large scale datasets generated within the Flemish Gut Flora project cohort (n>5000), in a wide range of disease cohorts as well as in international projects and/or</font></div>
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">(iii) time series analysis of longitudinal and intervention cohorts</font></div>
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">We look for an excellent track record in (meta-)omics data analysis and strong scientific drive. We provide a stimulating and fun environment to pursue your scientific dreams. Further info on <a href="http://www.raeslab.org" class="">http://www.raeslab.org</a> </font></div>
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class=""><b class="">Profile</b></font></div>
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, datamining, biostatistics, population and/or statistical genetics, human microbiota, numerical/microbial ecology or equivalent</font></div>
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">Good programming skills (perl/python/ruby/java/C++ etc, SQL, R), proficiency in Unix/Linux and cluster experience </font></div>
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">A strong track record in omics data analysis (e.g. (meta)genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, epigenomics, genotyping data) is a plus</font></div>
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">Experience in clinical datamining/machine learning, biomarker detection is a plus</font></div>
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">VIB-KULeuven is an exciting, interdisciplinary research institute with excellent facilities and leading research groups in e.g. gastroenterology, oncology, immunology, microbiology & virology, clinical genetics/-omics, molecular
biology and translational research. The Raes lab is located on the Gasthuisberg campus of the KU Leuven (Fac. of Medicine) and has on-site robotic sample processing, high-throughput computing resources, next-gen sequencing facilities (mi/next/hi/novaSeq. PacBio,
oxford nano pore) as wel as wet-lab microbiology for validation of leads.</font></div>
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">Interested? Check out some of our <b class="">recent work</b>!: </font></div>
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">Falony G*, Joossens M*, Vieira-Silva S*, Wang J* et al (2016) Population-level analysis of gut microbiome variation. Science 352:560-4</font></div>
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">Vieira-Silva S*, Falony G* et al (2016) Species-function relationships shape ecological properties of the human gut microbiome. Nature Microbiology doi:10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.88</font></div>
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<div class=""><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">Vieira-Silva S, Sabino J, Valles-Colomer M, Falony G, Kathagen G, Caenepeel C, Cleynen I, van der Merwe S, Vermeire S, Raes J. (2019) Quantitative microbiome profiling disentangles inflammation- and bile duct obstruction-associated
microbiota alterations across PSC/IBD diagnoses. Nat Microbiol. doi: 10.1038/s41564-019-0483-9. </font></div>
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<div class=""><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">Hughes DA*, Bacigalupe R*, Wang J, Ruehlemann MC, Tito RY, Falony G, Joossens M, Vieira-Silva S, Henckaerts L, Rymenans L, Verspecht C, Ring S, Franke A, Wade KH, Timpson NJ*, Raes J*. (2020). Genome-wide associations of
human gut microbiome variation and implications for causal inference analyses. Nat Microbiol. doi: 10.1038/s41564-020-0743-8</font></div>
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<div class=""><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">Vieira-Silva S*, Falony G*, Belda E*, Nielsen T, [41 authors], Bäckhed F, Clement K* & Raes J*. (2020) Statin therapy is associated with lower prevalence of gut microbiota dysbiosis, Nature. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2269-x</font></div>
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<div class=""><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">Vandeputte D, De Commer L, Tito RY, Kathagen G, Sabino J, Vermeire S, Faust K, Raes J. (2021) Temporal variability in quantitative human gut microbiome profiles and implications for clinical research. Nat. Commun. 12(1):6740</font></div>
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">Interested candidates are encouraged to apply online at </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class=""><a href="https://jobso.id/dsyz" class="">https://jobso.id/dsyz</a></font></div>
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