Jobs

Post-doctoral researcher (m/f/d) in Fungal Natural Product Chemistry / Fungal Biotechnology

GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel is a foundation under public law jointly financed by the Federal Republic of Germany (90%) and the State of Schleswig-Holstein (10%). It is one of the internationally leading institutions in the field of marine research.

Through our research and our commitment to the transfer of knowledge and technology, we contribute significantly to the preservation of the function and protection of the ocean for future generations.

In the frame of the BlueHealthTech project MarPiM, funded by the BMBF as part of the WIR! Program, GEOMAR Research Unit Marine Natural Products Chemistry / GEOMAR Centre for Marine Biotechnology is seeking an experienced

Job description: We are seeking a highly skilled post-doctoral researcher with demonstrated expertise in microbial fermentation and downstream natural product chemistry. The candidate will initially optimize the upscaled fermentation (300 L) of target marine fungi and extract the fungal broth. This will be followed by i) LC-MS/MS-based untargeted metabolomics analysis, ii) mass spectrometry- and bioactivity-guided isolation and iii) structure elucidation of anticancer fungal metabolites. The candidate will work closely with project partners at Kiel University for determination of in vivo efficacy and mechanism of action of the target molecules. The candidate will actively manage the project and expected to write publications/patents/project reports and contribute to assessment of project results for potential development.

This is a unique opportunity for an ambitious post-doctoral researcher to further develop their career on microbial drug discovery and development that can make impact on human life.

Working language in the group is English.

Deadline to apply:  04 July 2023

 

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Director General Mediterranean Science Commission, Monaco

The Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM), headquartered in Monaco, seeks a Director General to assume next September the succession of Prof. Frédéric Briand at the helm of an independent Inter-Governmental Organization with a rich, original history and achievements intersecting the frontiers of marine research and international policy.

 

Job description: The selected candidate will possess a PhD in marine sciences, a distinguished research record, and be familiar with the various scientific contexts around the Mediterranean and Black Seas. A real knowledge of CIESM Congresses and a good command of the diverse sectors of activity of the Commission will be an asset.

S/he will be a national of a CIESM Member State, will have at least 15 years of professional research experience and proven leadership skills to assume overall responsibility in the management of the Commission and guide its international Science Council with a broad vision and creativity. The post requires fluency in English, a good level in French (both written and oral), and a personality capable to assert the intellectual independence and multi-cultural sensitivity of the Commission.

 

Deadline to apply:  23 March 2023

 

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Senior Consultant in Sustainable Ocean planning, marine spatial planning, and other ecosystem-based management approaches, UNESCO

To enable you to prepare a proposal for this assignment, please find attached the Terms of Reference (Attachment A) and the UNESCO’s contract for Individual Consultants, the contracting modality used for these assignments (Attachment B). Your written offer should comprise:
(a) A Technical Proposal consisting of:
• an up-to-date curriculum vitae including the contact details of three professional references, and
• an approach and methodology for the assignment, a workplan and comments on the Terms of Reference if any (max. 2 pages).

(b) The total amount to be charged for the assignment, which should be quoted in US dollars or in euros only and should indicate the consultant’s monthly rate.

Your proposal and any supporting documents must be in either English or French. Documents should be consolidated into a single document and all file names should include the family name of the applicant.

 

Deadline to apply:  10 March 2023

 

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(Marine) Metabolomics, Kiel, Germany

 

GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel is a foundation of public law jointly financed by the Federal Republic of Germany (90 %) and the state of Schleswig-Holstein (10 %) and is one of the internationally leading institutions in the field of marine sciences. Currently GEOMAR disposes over an annual budget of approx. 80 million Euro and has approx. 1000 employees.

GEOMAR Research Unit Marine Natural Products Chemistry / GEOMAR Centre for Marine Biotechnology is seeking an experienced post-doctoral researcher in (marine) Metabolomics.

 

Job description: Metabolomics has become an indispensable tool in modern life sciences. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced candidate with demonstrated expertise in LC-MS-based high throughput metabolomics coupled with intensive statistics/data analysis. The holder of this post will use and develop methodologies on computational LC-MS/MS based secondary metabolomics (mostly untargeted comparative metabolomics using molecular networks) in the fields of marine chemical ecology and marine natural product discovery. Target organisms are both marine macro- and microorganisms. The candidate will closely interact with other research groups from a broad range of scientific disciplines. He/she will be involved in maintenance of the LC-MS equipment, establishment of new analytical methods and training/supervision of undergraduate/postgraduate students and technical staff.

 

Deadline to apply:  10 February 2023

 

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LC-MS Analytical Chemist, Kiel, Germany

GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel is a foundation of public law jointly financed by the Federal Republic of Germany (90 %) and the state of Schleswig-Holstein (10 %) and is one of the internationally leading institutions in the field of marine sciences. Currently GEOMAR disposes over an annual budget of approx. 80 million Euro and has approx. 1000 employees.

GEOMAR Research Unit Marine Natural Products Chemistry / GEOMAR Centre for Marine Biotechnology is seeking an experienced post-doctoral researcher as LC-MS Analytical Chemist.

 

Job description:

Analytical chemistry is the backbone of natural product research. We are seeking a motivated and experienced post-doctoral candidate with demonstrated expertise in hyphenated analytical techniques on marine (microbial) natural products. The main task of the holder of this post will be LC-MS/MS-based metabolome mining/chemical profiling employing algorithm/bioinformatic approaches (MS/MS fragment similarity based molecular networking) and coupling them with other omics datasets (e.g., genomics, lipidomics, metallomics, peptidomics, metagenomics, etc). The successful candidate will develop and apply the latest LC-MS/MS tools in drug discovery and chemical ecology projects on mainly marine microorganisms and their small molecule natural products. The candidate will also perform spatial metabolomics using the in-house Desorption Electrospray Ionization-Imaging Mass Spectrometer (DESI-IMS). He/she will closely interact with other research groups from a broad range of scientific disciplines. The holder of the post will be involved in maintenance of the LC-MS equipment, establishment of new analytical methods and training/supervision of undergraduate/postgraduate students and technical staff.

 

Deadline to apply:  10 February 2023

 

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Early-Stage Researcher (ESR) – PhD student, Kiel, Germany

 

In the frame of Horizon Europe MSCA Doctoral Networks project HOTBIO (A holistic approach to training a new generation of scientists in marine biodiscovery),GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel seeks an Early-Stage Researcher (ESR) – PhD student.

 

Job description: PhD position at GEOMAR (ESR5; Extremophilic microorganisms against human, agricultural and aquacultural infections) will focus on understudied marine microorganisms, such as Gram-negative bacteria that are predominant in the ocean including extreme environments. Specific objectives will include optimized cultivation of microorganisms; extraction and screening against human, crop and fish pathogens; deep MS/MS based metabolomics using molecular networks/GNPS platform; genomic mining/screening to inform the isolation of the secondary metabolites; purification and structure elucidation of bioactive molecules; analysis of the key components of the biosynthetic gene clusters leading to hit bioactive molecules and preclinical studies on compounds, including mechanism of biological activity and ADMET profiling.

 

Deadline to apply:  17 February 2023

 

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PhD Position in Microbial Natural Products Chemistry – Horizon Europe MSCA Doctoral Network HOTBIO

 

Fundacion MEDINA is looking for one PhD candidate with expertise in marine natural products biotechnology to discover new natural antibiotics from marine microorganisms active against human, plant and fish pathogens.

 

Job description: This position is associated to the Doctoral Network HOTBIO funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe Program. The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary team working in the field of microbial natural products chemistry to develop a PhD project focused on the identification of new antibiotics from marine derived microbial sources. Starting from an available collection of microbial extracts from ~200 marine derived strains already available at MEDINA, generated using a One Strain Many Compounds (OSMAC) approach by growing each strain in 5 different selected culture media, the candidate will perform:
1) Testing of this extract collection against human, plant, and fish pathogens.
2) Dereplication of the best bioactive hits using LC/HRMS and LC-MS/MS analyses combined with the use of internal spectral databases, the Dictionary of Natural Products (DNP) and the Global Natural Products Social Molecular Networking (GNPS) and selection of the best candidates for fractionation.
3) Scaled-up fermentation, extraction, and fractionation of best candidates (3-30 L) for the bioassay-guided purification of the bioactive molecules.
4) Structural elucidation of new molecules obtained using HRMS and NMR approaches.
5) Full profiling of the bioactive compounds against an extended panel of pathogens and other assays available from different consortium partners as well ADME-Tox assessment of the new molecules.
6) Genome mining of the strains yielding the most interesting candidates to identify the biosynthetic gene clusters (BGC) responsible for their production.

 

Deadline to apply:  31 January 2023

 

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PhD Position in Fungal Natural Products Biosynthesis

 

Fundacion MEDINA is looking for one PhD candidate with expertise in natural products biosynthesis to explore the biosynthetic diversity of minor fungal taxa and contribute to boost the discovery of novel bioactive fungal natural products.

 

Job description:The candidate will develop a multidisciplinary study on a selection of candidate fungal strains with the potential to produce novel bioactive chemical entities. The process will involve the exploitation of the fungal metabolome diversity from an array of production conditions, including the use of metabolomic networking tools, the bioassay-guided isolation and structural elucidation of selected new molecules, and the application of genome mining tools from high quality genome sequences to identify the biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) involved in their biosynthesis and predict the mechanism of biosynthesis. All the molecules of interest derived from the project will be profiled for their bioactivity in the broad panel of assays available at MEDINA.

Two secondments at other participants institutions are foreseen to expand knowledge on fungal genome mining and BGCs reconstruction related with the annotation and application of new fungal pathways prediction tools (secondment 1), and the industrial production optimization and scale-up of bioactive fungal molecules of interest (secondment 2).

 

Deadline to apply:  31 January 2023

 

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PhD positions, University of Murcia (UMU)

The University of Murcia (UMU) is implementing a joint research and innovation programme and strategy on Marine Sciences under the project title of ThinkInAzul. The objective of the project is to address new marine and coastal environment monitoring and observation challenges, climate change, aquaculture and other sectors of the blue economy in a sustainable way.

Job description: The announcement is made for five (5) post-doctoral contracts with the aim of increasing the
number of qualified doctors within the Complementary Marine Sciences action Plan, as per the following distribution criteria:

•  2 x L1 line contracts, “Observation and monitoring of the marine and coastal environment.”
• 2 x L2 line contracts, “Sustainable, smart and precision aquaculture”.
• 1 x L3 line contract “Blue Economy: Innovation and opportunities”.

Deadline to apply:  5 September 2022

For more information please click here (in Spanish and English languages).

PhD position, Piran, Slovenia

Marine Biology Station Piran of National Institute of Biology suggest fully funded PhD position under mentorship of Dr Ana Rotter and co-mentorship of Dr Katja Klun.

Job description: Young researcher will be involved in the work of the first group of marine biotechnologists in Slovenia. The group is well integrated internationally and leads a network of European marine biotechnologists as well as cooperates on a macro-regional and national level, where tries to introduce the approaches of marine biotechnology and the development of new products and processes derived from marine organisms.

Deadline to apply:  21 July 2022

For more information please click here (in Slovenian language only).

Life Science researchers, Lisbon, Portugal

Faculty for Sciences and Technology NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal is hiring Life Science researchers with Celular and Molecular Biology profile.

Job description: two Auxiliary Professor Tenure Track positions are open for applications.

Deadline to apply:  1 October 2021

For more information please click here (in Portuguese language only).

MiAlgae R&D Scientist, Edinburgh, Scotland

For the right individual, this is a unique opportunity to join an exciting biotech company where you can play a key role in contributing to their future success.  In return, you can expect a competitive salary plus benefits, the opportunity to progress professionally within the organisation and to work with a team truly committed to developing scalable, sustainable solutions.

Job description: Reporting directly to the Senior R&D Scientist, you will work as part of the R&D Team and contribute to the successful delivery of the company’s lab-based research projects. You will work closely with the Production Team supporting their needs as they work towards the commercialisation of the company’s first product.

You will support the Lab Manager with lab upkeep, assisting with the preparation of media, maintenance of cultures, and development of new lab protocols.

Deadline to apply:  31 August 2021

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PhD researcher in the field of functional marine ecology, ILVO, Belgium

Do you have a strong interest in how human activities at sea affect the functioning of the marine ecosystem and are you enthusiastic about experimental research, than you might be the perfect candidate for this PhD research.

Job description: The central question in this research project is how do human activities influence the important biogeochemical processes such as oxygen use, carbon storage, remineralisation, etc.

As a PhD researcher you will work together with a team of colleagues and experts in the field of marine ecology, impact research and biogeochemistry.

Deadline to apply:  3 January 2021

Foreseen date of the interview: 14 January 2021

Foreseen start of the PhD position: 15 February 2021

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PhD at the Scottish Association for marine Science

Job description: The studentship will address four challenges:

1) Achieving the 1st routine UK operation of an Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB).

2) IFCB image classification to discriminate and enumerate different phytoplankton species.

3) New methods to display ‘harmful algal blooms’ data for easy interpretation by stakeholders.

4) Application of data analysis approaches to improve risk assessment and ecological understanding.

Duration of PhD: 3.5 years

Foreseen start of PhD: Spring 2021

Deadline to apply: 2 December 2020

Interview date: 16 December 2020

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Post-doctoral position at Ruđer Bošković Institute Zagreb, Croatia

Applications are invited for a post-doctoral researcher in the team of Dr. Nadica Ivošević DeNardis, Laboratory for Marine and Atmospheric Biogeochemistry, Division for Marine and Environmental Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia.

Project: Interdisciplinary research project “From algal cell surface properties to stress markers for aquatic systems”, funded by the Croatian Science Foundation.

Deadline to apply: 27 November 2020,  23:00 (CET)

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PhD in Multidisciplinary Oceanography in France

Job description: The main objective of this PhD project is to study the formation, occurrence and variability of ocean fronts both in contemporary and future climates, and how they contribute to the structuring of marine life. It focuses on the Mozambique Channel (extending from 12°S to 25°S between Madagascar and the African mainland), a highly turbulent oceanic region housing diverse coastal and pelagic ecosystems that support crucial socio-economical activities (fisheries, tourism, etc…). This topic falls within the UN Sustainable Development Goals #13 and #14.

Duration of PhD: 3 years

Foreseen start of PhD: January 2021

Project: Managing Ocean Front Ecosystems for Climate Change

Deadline to apply: 28th October 2020

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Doctoral scholarship eDNA fish at ILVO in Belgium

ILVO is currently looking for a doctoral fellow for employment within the Animal Unit located in Ostend.

Job description: Environmental DNA (eDNA) comprises the collection of DNA that occurs in the environment (water, air, soil) through the presence of e.g. reproductive cells and larvae or through released skin cells and mucus. The eDNA is thus isolated from the environment and not from the organism itself, which provides some very relevant applications for marine environmental monitoring research.

Deadline to apply: 17th August 2020

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PhD researcher BlueCC – Commercial exploitation of marine collagen and chitin from marine sources

This PhD position is situated within the research project BlueCC, Commercial exploitation of marine collagen and chitin from marine sources, related to valorisation of marine biomass. BlueCC is an interdisciplinary project with 6 international partners. The BlueCC project aims to make use of underutilised marine species such as invasive and by-catch species or cleaner fish from the aquaculture industry to develop new eco-friendly marine ingredients and products in a market acceptance approach. The focus will be on sustainably exploiting chitin and collagen produced by invasive crabs, jellyfish, starfish and cleaner fish, and to demonstrate a prototype product containing these polymers.

Foreseen start of the PhD position: 1st September 2020.

Deadline to apply: 1st July 2020

For more information please click here.

3 PhD positions, 3 Postdoc positions and 3 Group Leader positions available within research area of materials for bone tissue regeneration

Location of the positions: Rudolfs Cimdins Riga Biomaterials Innovations and Development Centre of Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia.
International networking opportunities: The positions include participations in short-term (up to 14 days) and/or long-term (up to 6 months) training visits in world leading research centers within the network – AO Research Institute Davos, Switzerland and Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. Yearly meetings (summer schools and symposia) of the complete network are also foreseen.
Positions start: starting date is negotiable but tentatively between September and December 2020.

PROJECT: EU Horizon 2020 Teaming Phase 2 project: “Baltic Biomaterials Centre of excellence – BBCE” grant agreement No. 857287.

More info:

3 PhD positions

3 PostDoc positions

3 Group Leader positions

Deadline to apply: 29th May 2020.

Informal call for a PhD student Candidate at the Universities of Porto and Montpellier, to apply to an FCT (Portugal) Scholarship in Evolutionary Genomics.

We are looking for a strongly motivated graduate student, who is interested in pursuing a PhD degree in Evolutionary Genomics. The selected candidate will be invited to apply to a PhD Fellowship of Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT, Portugal), during the call open from March 2nd to 31st 2020 (5 pm, Lisbon time). If the fellowship is granted, the PhD project is expected to start in October 2020.

Deadline to apply: 31st March 2020. 28th April 2020 (deadline extended ).

For details please check the website.

BoostUrCAreer PhD fellowship in University of Côte d’Azur, France

Development of new antibiotics against clinical multidrug resistant bacteria from untapped marine microorganisms, a chemobiology approach.

Deadline to apply: 20th March 2020.

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Postdoctoral Fellow within Marine Microbiomes at UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, The Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics (BFE), has a Postdoc Researcher position available within Marine Microbiomes. The position is hosted by the The Norwegian College of Fishery Science (NCFS) and it is affiliated with the Centre for New Antibacterial Strategies (CANS).

Deadline to apply: 15th March 2020.

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Post-Doctorate in Marine Biodiscovery School of Chemistry and Ryan Institute, NUI Galway, Ireland Marine Institute

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a full-time, fixed term position as a post-doctorate in marine biodiscovery between the School of Chemistry and Ryan Institute at the National University of Ireland, Galway and the Marine Institute Oranmore.

Deadline to apply: 15th February 2020.

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