Job Description:
As a research fellow, your aim will be to assess the mechanisms mediating the response of aquatic heterotrophic microbial effect descriptors. More generally, you will contribute to the research work of the team which aims to better characterize structural and functional effects of toxicants at microbial community level, by developing new microbial indicators of toxicant exposure or effects.
You will study the response of aquatic heterotrophic microbial communities to toxicants under various multistress conditions. Accordingly, you will propose, develop and implement new strategies to detect the effects of toxicants with different modes of action on these communities, notably by relying on molecular biology. The ultimate goal is to assess the functional impact at the community level and even at a larger scale to evaluate subsequent effects on ecosystem functions and services involving aquatic microbial communities. A better knowledge and characterization of the specific microbial response to various toxicants should contribute to a better assessment of ecotoxicological impacts in complex environments, by considering the influence of various environmental factors.
To complete your project you can rely on well-established internal and external partnerships. You will also have to construct new scientific partnerships, especially at regional level. More broadly, your research activities will be associated with French networks in ecotoxicology, and especially with the emerging network of microbial ecotoxicology (Ecotoxicomic), in which the team is actively involved. You will also participate in the writing and implementation of national and international research programs, and you will be responsible for sharing the results via articles in international scientific journals. In addition, you will actively participating in educational programs, especially by supervising students and Post-docs.
Abilities
You hold a PhD in microbial ecology (ideally in aquatic environment), with an expertise in the study of the functioning of heterotrophic microbial communities, especially for the assessment of chemical stressors. You have theoretical and practical knowledge of 1/ functional approaches used to study heterotrophic microbial communities and, 2/ molecular biology techniques available to characterize microbial communities. You have strong skills in biostatistics (implementation of experimental designs and multivariate data analysis) and ideally additional bioinformatics skills. You have the capacity to construct scientific programs and partnerships. You have excellent skills in scientific English and you are able to communicate in French. You have the ability to implement ecotoxicological studies at community level to assess microbial responses to multifactorial stressors and you have an aptitude for teamwork in an interdisciplinary environment.
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As a research fellow, your aim will be to assess the mechanisms mediating the response of aquatic heterotrophic microbial effect descriptors. More generally, you will contribute to the research work of the team which aims to better characterize structural and functional effects of toxicants at microbial community level, by developing new microbial indicators of toxicant exposure or effects.
You will study the response of aquatic heterotrophic microbial communities to toxicants under various multistress conditions. Accordingly, you will propose, develop and implement new strategies to detect the effects of toxicants with different modes of action on these communities, notably by relying on molecular biology. The ultimate goal is to assess the functional impact at the community level and even at a larger scale to evaluate subsequent effects on ecosystem functions and services involving aquatic microbial communities. A better knowledge and characterization of the specific microbial response to various toxicants should contribute to a better assessment of ecotoxicological impacts in complex environments, by considering the influence of various environmental factors.
To complete your project you can rely on well-established internal and external partnerships. You will also have to construct new scientific partnerships, especially at regional level. More broadly, your research activities will be associated with French networks in ecotoxicology, and especially with the emerging network of microbial ecotoxicology (Ecotoxicomic), in which the team is actively involved. You will also participate in the writing and implementation of national and international research programs, and you will be responsible for sharing the results via articles in international scientific journals. In addition, you will actively participating in educational programs, especially by supervising students and Post-docs.
Abilities
You hold a PhD in microbial ecology (ideally in aquatic environment), with an expertise in the study of the functioning of heterotrophic microbial communities, especially for the assessment of chemical stressors. You have theoretical and practical knowledge of 1/ functional approaches used to study heterotrophic microbial communities and, 2/ molecular biology techniques available to characterize microbial communities. You have strong skills in biostatistics (implementation of experimental designs and multivariate data analysis) and ideally additional bioinformatics skills. You have the capacity to construct scientific programs and partnerships. You have excellent skills in scientific English and you are able to communicate in French. You have the ability to implement ecotoxicological studies at community level to assess microbial responses to multifactorial stressors and you have an aptitude for teamwork in an interdisciplinary environment.
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