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Position Announcements

2024-01-09

PostDoc in assessing the influence of urbanisation on the fungal microbiome of trees 90% (f/m/d) // 31 January 2024

The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research is inviting applications for a PostDoc position in a project aiming at investigating the effects of urbanisation on taxonomic and functional diversity of foliar fungal endophytes of trees using a third-generation sequencing approach and state-of-the-art bioinformatic and statistical analyses. The successful candidate will plan, organize, and coordinate sampling in at least 20 European cities as well as several Asian and North American cities, in collaboration with international members of the EU COST Action CA20132 Urban Tree Guard. Further, s/he will be responsible for sample processing and preparation for PacBio sequencing in a modern and fully equipped molecular laboratory and with the help of experienced technicians. Finally, s/he will analyse the data and publish the results in international scientific journals with the support of several project partners. The incumbent will have a PhD in natural sciences with strong interest in microbial ecology and phytopathology as well as proven experience in studying microbiome and in analysing metabarcoding data.

Institution:  Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
Duty station:  Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Closing date:  31 January 2024

Details:  https://apply.refline.ch/273855/1591/pub/3/index.html

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