PhD Position in Evolution of Antibiotic Gene Clusters 1189 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: [email protected] with following documents:
• CV
• Motivation letter
• 2 references
• Grade transcripts