The Raes lab (VIB, KU Leuven) is looking for a postdoc in the computational analysis of microbiome data, with a particular emphasis on human-associated microbial communities in health and disease.
Projects will focus on (i) bioinformatics/statistics method development for joint host and microbiota data analysis, multi-omics and clinical data integration and/or (ii) their application to large scale datasets generated within the Flemish Gut Flora project cohort (n>5000), in a wide range of disease cohorts as well as in international projects (e.g FP7 MetaCardis, H2020 AD-Gut).
We look for an excellent track record in (meta-)omics data analysis and strong scientific drive. We provide a stimulating and fun environment to pursue your scientific dreams.
VIB-KULeuven is an exciting, interdisciplinary research institute with excellent facilities and leading research groups in e.g. gastroenterology, oncology, immunology, microbiology & virology, clinical genetics/-omics, molecular biology and translational research. The Raes lab is located on the Gasthuisberg campus of the KU Leuven (Fac. of Medicine) and has on-site robotic sample processing, high-throughput computing resources as well as next-gen sequencing facilities (mi/next/hiSeq. PacBio, oxford nanopore). Postdoc salaries in Belgium are in the range of 2000-2300 euros/month after taxes and including health insurance.
Interested? Check out some of our recent work! (lab members in bold)
Falony G*, Joossens M*, Vieira-Silva S*, Wang J* et al (2016) Population-level analysis of gut microbiome variation. Science 352:560-4 Lima-Mendez G*, Faust, K*, Henri, N*, et al (2015) Determinants of community structure in the global plankton interactome. Science 348:1262073. Vieira-Silva S*, Falony G* et al (2016) Species-function relationships shape ecological properties of the human gut microbiome. Nature Microbiology doi:10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.88 Sabino J*, Vieira-Silva S* et al (2016) Primary sclerosing cholangitis is characterized by intestinal dysbiosis independent from inflammatory bowel disease. Gut pii: gutjnl-2015-311004 Forslund K*, Hildebrand F*, Nielsen T*, Falony G*, Le Chatelier E* et al (2015) Disentangling the effects of type 2 diabetes and metformin on the human gut microbiota. Nature 528:262-6 Faust K*, Lahti L* et al (2015) Metagenomics meets time series: Unraveling microbial community dynamics. Current Opinion in Microbiology 25:56-66Further info on http://www.raeslab.org
Interested candidates can apply by clicking the “Apply Through Website” button.
Requeriments :
Skills :
- Bioinformatics
- Biology
- Genetics
- Lunix/Unix
- Programing in C++
- Programing in Python
- Programing Skills
- Programming in Java
- Programming in PERL
- Programming in R
- Statistics
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