PhD Position in Evolution of Antibiotic Gene Clusters 849 views

Interfaculty Institute for Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT) at University of Tuebingen is looking for a PhD student to study the phylogeny and evolution of antibiotic gene clusters in bacteria (E13 TV-L, 50%).  The position is available in the research group “Applied Natural Product Genome Mining” at the Eberhard Karls.

About the research group:
  • This research group is a young and highly motivated research team at the interface of bioinformatics and molecular biology with special interest in distribution and evolution of biosynthetic gene clusters of bacterial natural products.
  • The group seeks to understand how chemical diversity in natural environments is created and use this knowledge to improve metabolic engineering efforts as well as bioinformatic predictions.
  • The project is focusing on understanding the adaptation and evolution of antibiotic gene clusters in the bacterial cell.

Requirements:

  • Applicant must be enthusiastic scientist with a Masters in Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, or closely related disciplines.
  • Applicant must have experience and interests in phylogenetic analyses.
  • Candidates are expected to be highly interested in molecular evolution and natural product biosynthesis.

Duration: position is funded for up to 4 years.

Applications:

  • Applications to be submitted as a single .pdf-file via email to: nadine.ziemert@uni-tuebingen.de with following documents:
  • CV
  • Motivation letter
  • 2 references
  • Grade transcripts
—————–Quick Overview————-
Organization University of Tübingen
Country Germany
Fellowship Level Doctoral
Subject areas Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Biochemistry
Fellowship amount Varies
Eligibility Open to all nationalities
Deadline June 25th,2018
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