Postdoctoral Researcher in Plant Microbiome and Microbial Inheritance
Postdoctoral Researcher in Plant Microbiome and Microbial Inheritance
ATB - Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy
Potsdam, Germany
Your responsibilities
- Investigate seed and reproductive microbiomes and their roles in plant health, microbial transmission, and microbiome assembly;
- Explore ecological and evolutionary aspects of plant-microbe interactions and microbial inheritance;
- Conduct microbiome analyses using amplicon, metagenomic, and ecological datasets;
- Design and perform laboratory and greenhouse experiments related to plant-associated microbial communities;
- Integrate microbiological, ecological, and bioinformatics approaches to study microbiome dynamics and function;
- Contribute to scientific publications, project development, and funding proposals;
- Collaborate within interdisciplinary national and international research networks;
- Mentor junior researchers and students.
Your qualification profile
- Experience in microbiome research, microbial ecology, or plant-microbe interactions;
- Expertise in molecular microbiology and/or microbial genetics;
- Experience with microbiome sequencing analyses, comparative genomics, or metagenomics;
- Experience with cultivation-based microbiology and experimental system development;
- Programming skills in R and/or Python and familiarity with bioinformatics workflows;
- Experience in interdisciplinary collaboration and communication with scientific and non-scientific stakeholders is desirable.
Deadline 30 August
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