June 2013 - BBClist - maillist.psb.ugent.be

Belgian Medical Genomics Initiative (BeMGI) kickoff meeting
by Marilou Ramos Pamplona 25 Jul '13

25 Jul '13

Belgian Medical Genomics Initiative (BeMGI) kickoff meeting* "Bringing genomics to the clinic: potential impact and challenges to overcome." Next generation sequencing (NGS) will very soon reach clinical practice. We kindly invite you to a meeting where, in a short format, the medical, societal and ethical aspects will be explained. Tuesday, 18 June 2013 Centraal Auditorium Onderwijs & Navorsing 1 UZ Leuven Campus Gasthuisberg Herestraat 49 3000 LEUVEN Afternoon scientific conference, 13h00-16h30: Keynote speakers Prof Gert-Jan van Ommen and Prof Peter Visscher. Evening plenary session, 17h30-20h30: Keynote speakers Prof Eric Green and Prof Bartha Knoppers. *This meeting will be eligible for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits. Attendance to the conference is free. To help us in planning this event, please let us know that you would like to attend by sending an email to BelgianMGI(a)gmail.com, preferably before 08 June. Meeting information: http://www.giga.ulg.ac.be/jcms/prod_1033658/fr/belgian-medical-genomics-ini….

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Computational Cancer Biology Positions
by Lodewyk Wessels 12 Jul '13

12 Jul '13

COMPREHENSIVE COMPUTATIONAL MODELING FOR COMBINATION TREATMENT DESIGN PROJECT OUTLINE All cancers arise due to alterations in their genomes. Although insight into the genetic lesions in tumors by genome sequencing does already assist in selecting some drug regimens, it rarely results in disease eradication due to the emergence of drug-resistance. More sophisticated combination therapies in which several oncogenic pathways are targeted simultaneously could alleviate this problem. However, at present we are unable to extract and interpret the necessary information from tumors to predict which drug regimen will be most adequate. In this project we will collaborate with Welcome Trust Sanger Center and employ the 1000 cancer cell line data set to tackle this problem. This data set comprises large-scale molecular characterization and cancer drug screening of all cell lines for 400 anti-cancer drugs. The molecular data currently consists of gene expression, copy number (SNP-6), and whole exome sequencing data and is being expanded. The successful candidate will work closely with scientists at the Welcome Trust Sanger Center and the Netherlands Cancer Institute and employ computational approaches to mine this rich, valuable pre-clinical resource. Potential results include 1) new molecular biomarkers to identify sensitive populations 2) repositioning of existing drugs in other tumor types and 3) potential drug combinations aimed at overcoming resistance mechanisms. Hypotheses emerging from these analyses will be validated in model systems and where possible in clinical settings. CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS – EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE We are seeking highly motivated Postdoc or PhD candidates with a degree in bioinformatics, computer science, mathematics or physics and with a strong cancer biology interest. Preferably applicants should have a documented experience in analyzing high-throughput genomic data. The candidate needs to be proficient in common bioinformatics scripting and programming languages. Fluency in spoken and written English is a strong requirement. LOCATION The project involves groups at the Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam (Rene Bernards, Molecular Carcinogenesis, and Lodewyk Wessels, Computational Biology) and the Welcome Trust Sanger Institute (Mathew Garnet and Ultan McDermott, Cancer Genome Project). This position will be embedded in the Computational Biology Group lead by Lodewyk Wessels. CONTACT DETAILS Please contact Lodewyk Wessels, tel. +31 20 512 7987 or e-mail: l.wessels(a)nki.nl. When applying, please ensure you include a CV, list of publications and the names and addresses of at least two persons that can be approached as references. Also see bioinformatics.nki.nl for further information. CLOSING DATE 3 February 2013

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Bioinformatics PostDoc position at UMC St Radboud Nijmegen
by Sacha van Hijum 11 Jul '13

11 Jul '13

Bio-informatics post-doc position for the development of a bacterial comparative genomics analysis pipeline and database General: At the Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, UMC St Radboud, Nijmegen, the Netherlands 36 hour per week temporary contract for two years Max EUR 55784 gross per year (schaal 10) at full employment (incl. vacation bonus and end of year payments) Published 14-06-2013 Closing date 31-07-2013 Job description: We offer a challenging position part of an EU project in which you will develop a new database and pipeline for the prediction of bacterial phenotypes. This pipeline will consist of the latest technologies and approaches. In addition you will interact with the companies that are part of the project team to ensure delivery of appropriate results and to transfer knowledge. The consortium consists of a number of academic, research institutes and industrial participants from different EU countries. A framework needs to be created that allows predicting bacterial phenotypic properties based on a variety of genomic or experimental properties. The successful candidate will be working at the CMBI Bacterial Genomics group and will visit project partners regularly. Profile: We are looking for an enthusiastic and communicable person that is always willing to increase her/his knowledge as well as develop personal skills. You will be working in an enthusiastic team where project results are discussed openly and critically to ensure quality criteria are met. Besides good primary and secondary labor conditions, we offer a salary 13th month of salary and access to courses to develop knowledge and skills. We seek a motivated experienced post-doc that is able to work independently, is result-oriented, and delivers results on-time. Furthermore, you are a social person that would like to be engaged in social activities involving the research group. Preferably you have experience in bacterial genomics, next generation sequencing, and (genome) databases. Female applicants are encouraged to apply for this position. Organization: The Bacterial Genomics group is part of the Center of Molecular and Bio-Molecular Informatics (CMBI) bio-informatics cluster (NCMLS research school of the UMC St Radboud, Nijmegen, the Netherlands). CMBI employs about 50 bio-informatics researchers part of four successful research groups as well as the Netherlands Bio-informatics Centre headquarters. The Bacterial Genomics group (CMBI) is headed by Dr. Van Hijum and focuses on the study of the interaction of micro-organisms within complex microbial communities that impact health. Comments and contact information: Please apply online via the following link: http://goo.gl/2KM6X <https://webmail.umcn.nl/owa/redir.aspx?C=A5tEFGD6qkWjPtDKODCbXX4TR8KoPdAILE…> For further inquiries Dr. Sacha van Hijum can be reached at +31-(0)24-3619389 or by email: S.vanHijum(a)umcn.nl. -- Dr. Sacha van Hijum Group leader CMBI Bacterial Genomics, UMC St Radboud Senior scientist bioinformatics NIZO food research B.V. Bioinformatics platform leader Top Institute Food and Nutrition T: +31(0)318 659 570 F: +31(0)318 650 400 M: +31(0)624782895 E: sacha.vanhijum(a)nizo.nl or svhijum(a)cmbi.ru.nl P.O. Box 20, 6710 BA EDE, The Netherlands Kernhemseweg 2, 6718 ZB EDE, The Netherlands

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PhD position: green algal evolution
by Klaas Vandepoele 03 Jul '13

03 Jul '13

Dear all, please find enclosed a PhD position to work on the evolution of green algal seaweeds, a collaborative project between The Phycology Research Group (O. De Clerck - UGent BE) and Comparative & Integrative Genomics lab (K. Vandepoele - UGent/VIB BE). Thanks to forward to other potentially interested candidates. best regards, Klaas -- Prof. Dr. Klaas Vandepoele Tel. 32 (0)9 33 13822 VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, Belgium E-mail: Klaas.Vandepoele(a)psb.vib-ugent.be Website: http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be/cig/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/plaza_genomics ---------------------------------------------------------

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SSTiC 2013: last call
by GRLMC 28 Jun '13

28 Jun '13

*To be removed from our mailing list, please respond to this message with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line* ********************************************************************* 2013 INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL ON TRENDS IN COMPUTING SSTiC 2013 Tarragona, Spain July 22-26, 2013 Organized by Rovira i Virgili University http://grammars.grlmc.com/SSTiC2013/ ********************************************************************* AIM: SSTiC 2013 will be an open forum for the convergence of top class well recognized computer scientists and people at the beginning of their research career (typically PhD students) as well as consolidated researchers. SSTiC 2013 will cover the whole spectrum of computer science by means of 54 six-hour courses dealing with hot topics at the frontiers of the field. By actively participating, lecturers and attendees will share the idea of scientific excellence as the main motto of their research work. ADDRESSED TO: Graduate students from around the world. There are no pre-requisites in terms of the academic degree the attendee must hold. However, since there will be several levels among the courses, in the description of some of them reference may be made to specific knowledge background. SSTiC 2013 is appropriate also for people more advanced in their career who want to keep themselves updated on developments in the field. Finally, senior researchers will find it fruitful to listen and discuss with people who are main references of the diverse branches of computing nowadays. REGIME: 6 parallel sessions will be held during the whole event. Participants will be able to freely choose the courses they will be willing to attend as well as to move from one to another. VENUE: Campus Catalunya Universitat Rovira i Virgili Av. Catalunya, 35 43002 Tarragona COURSES AND PROFESSORS: Shun-ichi Amari (Riken) [introductory] Information Geometry and Its Applications James Anderson (Chapel Hill) [intermediate] Scheduling and Synchronization in Real-Time Multicore Systems Pierre Baldi (Irvine) [intermediate] Big Data Informatics Challenges and Opportunities in the Life Sciences Yoshua Bengio (Montréal) [introductory/intermediate] Deep Learning of Representations Stephen Brewster (Glasgow) [advanced] Multimodal Human-Computer Interaction Bruno Buchberger (Linz) [introductory] Groebner Bases: An Algorithmic Method for Multivariate Polynomial Systems. Foundations and Applications Rajkumar Buyya (Melbourne) [intermediate] Cloud Computing Jan Camenisch (IBM Zurich) [intermediate] Cryptography for Privacy Larry S. Davis (College Park) [intermediate] Video Analysis of Human Activities Paul De Bra (Eindhoven) [intermediate] Adaptive Systems Paul Dourish (Irvine) [introductory] Ubiquitous Computing in a Social Context Max J. Egenhofer (Maine) [introductory/intermediate] Qualitative Spatial Relations: Formalizations and Inferences Richard M. Fujimoto (Georgia Tech) [introductory] Parallel and Distributed Simulation David Garlan (Carnegie Mellon) [advanced] Software Architecture: Past, Present and Future Mario Gerla (Los Angeles) [intermediate] Vehicle Cloud Computing Ralph Grishman (New York) [intermediate] Information Extraction from Natural Language Francisco Herrera (Granada) [intermediate] Imbalanced Classification: Current Approaches and Open Problems Paul Hudak (Yale) [introductory] Euterpea: From Signals to Symphonies Using Haskell Niraj K. Jha (Princeton) [intermediate] FinFET Circuit Design George Karypis (Minnesota) [introductory] Introduction to Parallel Computing: Architectures, Algorithms, and Programming Aggelos K. Katsaggelos (Northwestern) [intermediate/advanced] Sparsity-based Advances in Image Processing Arie E. Kaufman (Stony Brook) [advanced] Advances in Visualization Hugo Krawczyk (IBM Research) [intermediate] An Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Authenticated Key Exchange Protocols Pierre L'Ecuyer (Montréal) [intermediate] Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods in Simulation: Theory and Practice Laks Lakshmanan (British Columbia) [intermediate/advanced] Information and Influence Spread in Social Networks Wenke Lee (Georgia Tech) [introductory] DNS-based Monitoring of Malware Activities Maurizio Lenzerini (Roma La Sapienza) [intermediate] Ontology-based Data Integration Ming C. Lin (Chapel Hill) [introductory/intermediate] Physically-based Modeling and Simulation Jane W.S. Liu (Academia Sinica) [intermediate] Critical Information and Communication Technologies for Disaster Preparedness and Response Satoru Miyano (Tokyo) [intermediate] How to Hack Cancer Systems with Computational Methods Aloysius K. Mok (Austin) [intermediate] From Real-time Systems to Cyber-physical Systems Hermann Ney (Aachen) [intermediate/advanced] Probabilistic Modelling for Natural Language Processing - with Applications to Speech Recognition, Handwriting Recognition and Machine Translation Cathleen A. Norris (North Texas) & Elliot Soloway (Ann Arbor) [introductory] Primary & Secondary Educational Computing in the Age of Mobilism Jeff Offutt (George Mason) [intermediate] Cutting Edge Research in Engineering of Web Applications Bijan Parsia (Manchester) [introductory] The Semantic Web: Conceptual and Technical Foundations Charles E. Perkins (FutureWei) [intermediate/advanced] Beyond 4G Prabhakar Raghavan (Google) [introductory/intermediate] Web Search and Advertising Phillip Rogaway (Davis) [introductory/intermediate] Provably Secure Symmetric Encryption Gustavo Rossi (La Plata) [intermediate] Topics in Model Driven Web Engineering Kaushik Roy (Purdue) [introductory/intermediate] Low-energy Computing Robert Sargent (Syracuse) [introductory] Validating Models Douglas C. Schmidt (Vanderbilt) [intermediate] Patterns and Frameworks for Concurrent and Networked Software Bart Selman (Cornell) [intermediate] Fast Large-scale Probabilistic and Logical Inference Methods Mubarak Shah (Central Florida) [intermediate/advanced] Visual Crowd Surveillance Ron Shamir (Tel Aviv) [introductory] Revealing Structure in Disease Regulation and Networks Dawn Xiaodong Song (Berkeley) [introductory] Selected Topics in Computer Security Mike Thelwall (Wolverhampton) [introductory] Sentiment Strength Detection for the Social Web Julita Vassileva (Saskatchewan) [introductory/intermediate] Engaging Users in Social Computing Systems Philip Wadler (Edinburgh) [introductory] Topics in Lambda Calculus and Life Yao Wang (Polytechnic New York) [introductory/advanced] Video Compression: Fundamentals and Recent Development Gio Wiederhold (Stanford) [introductory] Software Economics: How Do the Results of the Intellectual Efforts Enter the Global Market Place Limsoon Wong (National Singapore) [introductory/intermediate] The Use of Context in Gene Expression and Proteomic Profile Analysis Michael Wooldridge (Oxford) [introductory] Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems Ronald R. Yager (Iona) [introductory/intermediate] Fuzzy Sets and Soft Computing Philip S. Yu (Illinois Chicago) [advanced] Mining Big Data REGISTRATION: It has to be done at http://grammars.grlmc.com/SSTiC2013/Registration.php Since the capacity of the venue is limited, registration requests will be processed on a first come first served basis. The registration period will be closed when the capacity of the venue will be complete. It is highly convenient to register prior to the event. FEES: Fees may be for the whole week (full-time participant) or per blocks of days (part-time participant). They are a flat rate allowing one to attend all courses within the time window set: 5, 4, 3 or 2 days. Fees vary depending on the deadline. ACCOMMODATION: Information about accommodation is available on the website of the School. CERTIFICATE: Participants will be delivered a certificate of attendance. QUESTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION: Lilica Voicu: florentinalilica.voicu(a)urv.cat POSTAL ADDRESS: SSTiC 2013 Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics (GRLMC) Rovira i Virgili University Av. Catalunya, 35 43002 Tarragona, Spain Phone: +34-977-559543 Fax: +34-977-558386 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Departament dEconomia i Coneixement, Generalitat de Catalunya Universitat Rovira i Virgili

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2 PhD and 1 Postdoc position at Van de Peer Lab (VIB/UGent)
by Thomas Van Parys 27 Jun '13

27 Jun '13

The following positions are now open in the Van de Peer Lab at VIB/Ghent University, Belgium (http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be/) in relation to the ERC Advanced Grant Double-Up, on the importance of gene and genome duplications for natural and artificial organism populations. 2 PhD positions 1 Postdoc position The long-term establishment of ancient organisms that have undergone whole genome duplications has been exceedingly rare. On the other hand, tens of thousands of now-living species, both plants and animals, are polyploid, and contain multiple copies of their genome. The apparent paucity of ancient genome duplications and the existence of many species that are currently polyploid provide an interesting and fascinating enigma. A question that remains to be answered is whether these older genome duplications have survived by coincidence or whether they could survive only because they did occur, or were selected for, at very specific times, for instance during major ecological upheavals and periods of extinction. We hope to address these questions at different levels through 1) the analysis of whole plant genome sequence data and 2) the in silico modeling and evolution of artificial gene regulatory networks to mimic the genomic consequences of genome doubling and how this may affect network structure, redundancy, rewiring, and dosage balance. Furthermore, we aim at using simulated robotic models running on artificial gene regulatory networks in complex and challenging environments to evaluate how both natural and artificial organism populations can potentially benefit from gene and genome duplications for adaptation, survival, and evolution in general. DOUBLE-UP is a truly interdisciplinary proposal that will open up new horizons and perspectives for different fields of research, from bioinformatics and systems biology over comparative and evolutionary biology, to network modeling and evolutionary robotics. We are looking for 2 highly motivated PhD students and 1 highly motivated Postdoc to help us achieve these ambitious goals. A strong (bio)informatics background, good programming skills, and previous modeling/simulation experience are all required. A background in evolutionary biology and population biology is strongly preferred. Some interest in evolutionary robotics and artificial life is an advantage. Applicants should be proficient in English, both speaking and writing. The positions are available starting October 1st, 2013, with funding secured for at least four years. Contact Yves Van de Peer at yves.vandepeer(a)psb.ugent.be for more information and/or to apply. To apply, please send a detailed CV and motivation letter before August 15th. -- ================================================================== Thomas Van Parys Tel:+32 (0)9 331 36 95 fax:+32 (0)9 3313809 VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, BELGIUM thomas.vanparys(a)psb.vib-ugent.be http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be ==================================================================

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Marine Science Ontology Developer position at PANGAEA, Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science
by Gipsi Lima-Mendez 26 Jun '13

26 Jun '13

Dear all, Please find attached a detailed announcement for a position opening at PANGAEA, Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science. Regards, Gipsi Lima Mendez ====================================================================== Ontology Developer Position at PANGAEA, MARUM, University Bremen (Germany) The PANGAEA data publisher for earth and environmental sciences (www.pangaea.de) is a joint facility of MARUM (www.marum.de) at University Bremen and of the AWI (www.awi.de) Bremerhaven. It is responsible for data integration in several national, European and international research projects. The position is initially tied to research projects OCEANOMICS, Tara-Oceans and MicroB3. The main IT components of PANGAEA are a relational database (Sybase ASE), a file based storage system backed by a tape archive, an editorial system (4D), a search engine (PanFMP), a data warehouse (Sybase IQ), and an issue tracking system (JIRA). The successful candidate will be responsible for: · Designing and deploying an online collaborative platform that allows scientists to discover/develop ontologies in the field of marine biology; · Providing support to users and establishing validation procedures to ensure that the integrity of ontologies is not compromised by the additions of new terms and concepts; · Eliciting knowledge from biological experts; organising and participating in development meetings for specific topics; · Coordinating with other ontology developers, notably in Belgium (VLIZ), Germany (MPI-MM) and the U.K. (EMBL-EBI), to align with and use other ontologies. We seek candidates with: · Experience in object oriented languages (JAVA, Python…) · Knowledge of Web Service technologies (XML, REST, SOAP…) · Double competence in biology and programming (e.g. PhD in bioinformatics) is desirable · Clear interest in organising scientific knowledge, rather than pursuing a research career. · Fluent English (CEF B2-C1, written and spoken). The position is a fixed-term, two-year, renewable contract at University Bremen, starting as soon as possible. Salary and benefits are linked to the German employee scale EG 13 TV-L. As the University of Bremen intends to increase the proportion of female employees in science, women are particularly encouraged to apply. In case of equal personal aptitudes and qualification, priority will be given to disabled persons. Inquiries and applications (CV & two letters of recommendation) should be sent electronically to Stéphane PESANT (spesant(a)marum.de) before 1st August, 2013. IMPORTANT: Please write “Ontology Developer Position” in the subject of your e-mail. ======================================================================== Bremen, home to the world famous Bremen Town Musicians, is widely known as the vibrant, historical and cultural heart of North West Germany. Bremen, together with Bremerhaven, forms the smallest federal state in Germany and offers an exceptional quality of life, blending metropolitan and outdoor experiences. An extensive network of cycle paths, busses, trams, and railway, and the well connected Bremen airport facilitate transport in and out of the city. Tara-Oceans (http://oceans.taraexpeditions.org/) was an exceptional three year expedition (2009-12) around the world ocean, onboard the 36 m sail ship Tara, refitted with extensive oceanographic and laboratory equipment. The expedition involved major international marine laboratories, led by the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). All environmental and biological (except nucleotides) data from Tara-Oceans will be archived at PANGAEA. OCEANOMICS is developing a data integration pipeline for the analysis of results obtained during the Tara Oceans expedition; The goal is to explore the biogeography and biodiversity of plankton, including viruses, giant viruses, prokaryotic and eukaryotic unicellular organisms and a wide variety of metazoans. An ambitious array of analyses was performed in situ and back in the laboratories, including state of the art imaging and molecular techniques, e.g. flow cytometry, high-throughput confocal microscopy, FlowCam, ZooScan, phylogeny from DNA and RNA extracts, metagenomics and transcriptomics. Combined with in situ characterisation of the physical and chemical environment, Tara-Oceans provide unprecedented capability to understand the biogeography and biodiversity of plankton. MicroB3 (Biodiversity, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology; http://www.microb3.eu/) is developing innovative bioinformatic approaches and a legal framework to make large-scale data on marine viral, bacterial, archaeal and protists genomes and metagenomes accessible for marine ecosystems biology and to define new targets for biotechnological applications. MicroB3 builds upon a highly interdisciplinary consortium of 32 academic and industrial partners. The MicroB3 Information System will provide innovative open source software for data-processing, -integration, -visualisation, and -accessibility. Interoperability will be the key for seamless data transfer of sequence and contextual data to public repositories. Results obtained during the Tara-Oceans expedition will also be integrated using the MicroB3 Information System.

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PhD position for IWT applicant
by Benjamin Vandendriessche 26 Jun '13

26 Jun '13

Dear, Please find the project proposal "Clinical implementation and validation of a new prognostic tool for sepsis" in attach. We are looking for a motivated PhD student who is willing to apply for a personal IWT grant (UGent, Department for Molecular Biomedical Research). Feel free to forward to any potentially interested candidates. Thank you, Benjamin _____ Benjamin Vandendriessche, PhD Student VIB - Department for Molecular Biomedical Research, Ghent University Molecular Pathophysiology and Experimental Therapy Unit Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent (Zwijnaarde) - Belgium tel: +32-9-33 13653 <mailto:Benjamin.Vandendriessche@dmbr.ugent.be> Benjamin.Vandendriessche(a)dmbr.ugent.be <http://www.dmbr.vib-ugent.be/> http://www.dmbr.vib-ugent.be

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Fwd: 4 jobopenings @ KU Leuven in collaboration with SymBioSys PF
by mimi deprez 25 Jun '13

25 Jun '13

> > > > Dear all: > > There are 4 open post-doc positions in computational biology at KU Leuven and in collaboration with SymBioSys program funding. > > > 1. Marie Curie Industry Academia partnership SARM > Postdoctoral scientist computational biology > 'Embryonic genomics to improve assisted reproduction' > > 2. Postdoctoral scientist computational biology in clinical genetics > 'Towards an understanding of the phenotypic variability of 22q11DS' > > 3. Postdoctoral scientist – computational biology > Single-cell genomics and transcriptomics : 2 positions open > > For detailed information see the attached pdf. > > > Regards, > > Mimi Deprez > > > > Mimi Deprez > Project Coordinator > KU Leuven - University of Leuven > Dept. Elektrotechniek-ESAT-SCD (SISTA) > iMinds Future Health Department > > t:+ 32 (0) 16 32 85 55 m: + 32 476 72 68 59 > Kasteelpark Arenberg 10, bus 2446 > B-3001 Leuven > > http://www.esat.kuleuven.be > http://www.kuleuven.be/iMinds/ > >

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4 PhD positions available at ILVO for the GA-GENOMICS project: Deep diving into the genomic diversity of (meta)populations
by Annelies Haegeman 24 Jun '13

24 Jun '13

Dear all, Please forward the following PhD vacancies to potential candidates: The Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO), located in Flanders, Belgium, has 4 PhD positions available for the following project: GA-GENOMICS: Deep diving into the genomic diversity of (meta)populations PhD 1 develops computational methods for the functional interpretation and visualization of population scale NGS data. The data and data analysis methods are exchanged with the other three PhD students through the six case studies. PhD 2 studies the driving forces (environmental or genetic) that form the basis of the adaptive power of perennial ryegrass cultivars and comb jelly populations. PhD 3 focuses on the influence of microbial populations in the rhizosphere on plant health or in the degradation of microplastics in sea water. PhD 4 investigates gastro-intestinal microbial communities and focuses on the effect of feed additives on methane production in cows and antibiotic resistance development in pigs. More information is available on: http://www.ilvo.vlaanderen.be/EN/WorkatILVO/DoctoralgrantsatILVO/GAGENOMICS… Thanks, Annelies Annelies Haegeman Postdoctoral scientist Instituut voor Landbouw- en Visserijonderzoek/Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research Eenheid Plant / Plant Sciences Unit – Genomics Caritasstraat 21 9090 Melle Tel +32 9 272 29 60 Tel +32 9 272 24 73 annelies.haegeman(a)ilvo.vlaanderen.be www.ilvo.vlaanderen.be Toekomstgericht onderzoek voor landbouw en visserij in Vlaanderen Research for a strong future of agriculture and fisheries in Flanders

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