[Coral-List] PhD position at NIOZ

Andreas Haas andreas.florian.haas at gmail.com
Thu Sep 23 08:23:32 UTC 2021


 PhD position: “Modelling the drivers of reef microbialization”

This vacancy is the result of the collaboration between Utrecht University
and NIOZ. 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.





*LOCATION:                         UTRECHT UNIVERSITY (THE
NETHERLANDS)VACANCY ID:                      2020 – 80CLOSING DATE
        October 11, 2021  (re-opened !!!)*


*THE DEPARTMENTS*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 Sigrid Moerbeek
<sigrid.moerbeek 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>*.*

*Find more information about the UU-NIOZ projects here.
<https://www.nioz.nl/en/research/uu-nioz-projects>*

APPLY TO JOB HERE
<https://www.workingatnioz.com/job-application.html?id=9773>

-- 
Dr. Andreas F. Haas
Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry
NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research


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