Post-Doctoral Fellow: Gut Microbiome and Bioinformatics

Post-Doctoral Fellow: Gut Microbiome and Bioinformatics

LIH - Luxembourg Institute of Health

Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

The Post-Doctoral Researcher will participate in an exciting bed-to-bench-to-bed translational research program involving synthetic gut microbial communities, patient cohorts, dietary intervention cohorts, and international collaborations within the ‘Nutrition, Microbiome and Immunity’ group led by Dr. Mahesh S. Desai.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct research project with sufficient guidance, yet enough independence to design and execute the experiments
• Participate in multi-disciplinary research projects that will potentially open job opportunities in both academia and industry
• Carry out microbial bioinformatic data analysis of samples from mice and patient cohorts
• Further enhance key methodologies in microbiome and bioinformatics
• Develop scientific methodology and techniques adapted to the research project
• Present research work in leading international conferences

Key Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• PhD degree in bioinformatics or a related inter-disciplinary field
• High level of motivation for research, attention to detail, scientific creativity, and writing skills
• Languages skills: fluent in English
• Proficiency in machine learning and large omics data analysis is preferred