The AMRI Roundup..All the latest news in aquatic microbiome research within and beyond AMRI
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Winter School: Quantitative Ecological Genomics in Tara, Application deadline January 31st with limited spots available!
Fantastic opportunity to dive into TARA. An incredible international lineup of instructors and opportunities to network with teachers and other students. Applications are due end of Jan, and very limited spots. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity.
https://www.enseignement.biologie.ens.fr/spip.php?article235&lang=fr
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In case you hadn’t heard…
Update on the sixth meeting on ‘Microscale Ocean Biophysics’: Majorca, Spain, 22-27 May 2022
The 6th meeting on ‘Microscale Ocean Biophysics’ will (hopefully) be held in the “Museum of the Sea” inPort De Soller, Majorca, Spain, 22-27 May 2022 (https://museumaritim.conselldemallorca.cat/). (More details to come)
SEMINAR SERIES:
Marco Polin, Shilpa Khatri and Roi Holzman are offering a monthly seminar series focusing on Microscale Ocean Biophysics.
If you are interested to attend, please fill the following form: https://forms.gle/K95uKaC3x6gJu7ke6.
The seminars will be opened to joining at any time, but if you want to help shape the event, please fill the form by January 21st. To minimise burden, only those that fill the form will continue to receive updates on the seminar series.
Calling all postdoc and PhD candidates…
Call 2021 for Postdoctoral EU grant: Welcoming highly-talented international post-docs in Brittany
The European Union will soon launch a specific call for 2-year postdoctoral positions in laboratories located in Brittany (France) and the Biological Station of Roscoff is one of the 8 laboratories eligible to this program (cf. https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/899546/fr). 25 postdoc grants will be available early 2021 and two other calls will follow in 2022 and 2023 for 'highly talented scientists' who should not have spent more than 12 months in France in the last 3 years. The first call will be opened soon (this month) for an application deadline mid-March 2021. Results will be in July and the contract could start as early as September 2021.
More details on projects:
https://www.researchgate.net/project/ANR-CINNAMON
https://www.researchgate.net/project/ANR-EFFICACY-2020-2024
http://tonga-project.org/web/
15 PhD positions at the ITN network ‘Physics of microbial motility’ (PHYMOT)
The ITN network ‘Physics of microbial motiliy’ (PHYMOT) advertises 15 PhD positions at various European laboratories with an application deadline 20 January 2021. The projects span all kinds of topics related to the physics of cilia/flagella and their role in motility, feeding, ecology, and transport in micro-organisms.
Learn more about the projects and how to apply here: https://etn-phymot.eu/
SOON: European Union will launch a specific call for 2-year postdoctoral positions in laboratories located in Brittany (France)
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/899546/fr
25 postdoc grants will be available early 2021 and two other calls will follow in 2022 and 2023 for 'highly talented scientists' who should not have spent more than 12 months in France in the last 3 years. The first call will be opened soon (this month) for an application deadline mid-March 2021. Results will be in July and the contract could start as early as September 2021.
Good potential candidate(s) who might be interested in applying for a postdoctoral position in the laboratory to work on the functional genomics, genetics and/or biochemistry of marine picocyanobacteria. Interested candidates should provide a CV and a motivation letter.
For details on our main current research projects, see:
https://www.researchgate.net/project/ANR-CINNAMON
https://www.researchgate.net/project/ANR-EFFICACY-2020-2024
http://tonga-project.org/web/
Job Opportunities:
For post-docs:
3 Marine Microbiology researchers for a 3 month SAS Oden expedition in the Arctic Ocean
Final application date is 2021-01-22.
Read more and apply here:
https://www.su.se/om-universitetet/jobba-p%C3%A5-su/lediga-jobb?rmpage=job&rmjob=13828&rmlang=SE
Postdoctoral fellow in Marine Microbial Symbioses is available at Stockholm University
DEADLINE: 2021-02-01
Contact: Dr. Rachel A. Foster Rachel.foster@su.se
2-year postdoc position in Marine Microbial Ecology, University of Copenhagen
DEADLINE: 2021-02-17
Contact: Lasse Riemann, lriemann@bio.ku.dk
Read more and apply here:
https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/?show=153345
The position is on molecular marine microbial ecology and concerns bacterioplankton composition with special focus on pathogenic Vibrios in coastal waters.
POSTDOCTORAL POSITION, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia CANADA
Bioinformatics, comparative genomics, gene transfer, endosymbiosis, protists, algae
Archibald Lab, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Highly skilled and self-motivated researcher at the postdoctoral level to study endosymbiosis from a comparative genomic perspective. Organisms of interest include (but are not limited to) cryptophyte algae and Paramoeba species.
The Archibald Lab is part of a collegial and internationally recognized community of comparative genomics and molecular evolution researchers at Dalhousie University. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with these researchers and with those at other institutions. Demonstrated skills in bioinformatics and comparative genomics are essential, as are strong written and oral communication abilities. The position is available starting May 1, 2021 (actual start date negotiable) and will run for an initial 1-year period, with the possibility of extension to 3 years given satisfactory performance. All qualified and interested persons are encouraged to apply.
Applicants should email (1) a brief cover letter outlining their qualifications and research interests, (2) a curriculum vitae and (3) contact information for three references to John Archibald:
PhD positions:
PhD fellow in Marine microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Application deadline: 02-02-2021
Contact: Lasse Riemann, lriemann@bio.ku.dk
A 3-year PhD position in marine microbial ecology is offered at the Marine Biological Section, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Read full job announcement here
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