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Evolutionary Systems Biologist @ SILS University of Amsterdam
https://www.meikewortel.com/
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Barcelona Collaboratorium
4 days ago
Still a few days to register!!
#BCNCollaboratorium
#IQS
#Mathsandbiology
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Great to see this out!
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
. Lead by
@karenbisschop.bsky.social
and Thomas Blankers. It discusses: If you repeat ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ฌ, do you get the same result in terms of fitness? The answer isโฆ not necessarily. Glad to have played a part!
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Additive effects of environmental and demographic variation shape the repeatability of evolution across replicated experiments
Abstract. The repeatability of evolution is fundamentally important for understanding the origin and diversification of life as well as for developing evol
https://doi.org/10.1093/evlett/qrag017
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How do human gut microbiome species interact? Can we explain their communities and invasion patterns form environmental factors alone? PhD students Pim van Leeuwen and Pietro Gadaleta set out to test this! TLDR: Indeed, for the 10 common species we can! Paper out in mSystems:
doi.org/10.1128/msys...
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Environmentally mediated interactions predict community assembly and invasion success in a gut microbiota synthetic community | mSystems
The stability of the human gut microbiome is crucial for host health, with opportunistic pathogen invasions causing diseases and healthy strain replacements needed for recovery. The microbiotaโs compl...
https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00113-26
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Enjoying my sabbatical visit in Barcelona, discussing science with
@n-martin.bsky.social
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Economic Principles in Cell Biology
5 months ago
Lectures and Computer exercises from the last year's Summer School are now live! Watch here -
principlescellphysiology.org/summer-schoo...
Want to join us for the next one? Stay tuned, details on the upcoming school are on the way ๐
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Economic Principles in Cell Biology
2 months ago
Spring is here and Piglette is getting ready to swim in Liebig's barrel while reading about it in the brand new chapter on Microeconomics of cell metabolism by Jumpei Yamagishi and Tetsuhiro Hatakeyama. Find it here in the new edition of our textbook
principlescellphysiology.org/book-economi...
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Bram van Dijk ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
3 months ago
Phd Position alert ๐จ Join our project ASTRAfun (Adaptation and Starship Traffic in Root-Associated fungi), in which we will use computational models to unveil the hidden dynamics of fungal evolution. Itโs not going to be just regular fun. Itโs going to ASTRAfun. ๐ค
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
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PhD Position in Computational Modelling of Fungal Evolution
How do giant mobile elements called โStarshipsโ reshape fungal plant pathogens? Help us computationally model their spread and impact in nature and agriculture!
https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/working-at-utrecht-university/jobs/phd-position-in-computational-modelling-of-fungal-evolution
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Nora Martin
3 months ago
๐งต New preprint:
doi.org/10.64898/202...
In 2023, Papkou et al. reported an empirical fitness landscape with a striking property: >500 local optima ("peaks"), spanning both high and low fitness. Despite this ruggedness, >75% of simulated adaptive walks reached the top ~14% of peaks.
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https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.19.712707
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Nora Martin
3 months ago
New group website:
www.noramartin-lab.com
Get in touch if you are interested in joining the group, or know anyone who might be ๐ฎ
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HOME | Martin Lab
https://www.noramartin-lab.com/
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Charles Mullon
3 months ago
With
@saramitri.bsky.social
,
@sonjalehtinen.bsky.social
and L. Lehmann weโve launched the UNIL Center for Theory in Ecology and Evolution
@unil.bsky.social
๐จ๐ญ To kick things off, weโre offering short visiting fellowships for theorists in ecology & evolution. Apply & pls RP ๐
tinyurl.com/2wem36zz
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Unil center for theory in ecology and evolution (UCTEE) - FBM Unil
Page Unil Center for Theory in Ecology and Evolution of site Faculty of Biology and Medicine hosted by the University of Lausanne
https://www.unil.ch/fbm/en/home/menuinst/recherche/reseaux/uctee.html
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Economic Principles in Cell Biology
3 months ago
We regret to inform you that after four successful editions of the Summer School on the Economic Principles of Cellular Biology, the program will not take place in 2026.
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Liedewij Laan
3 months ago
Deadline for abstracts is extended untill March 19! So if you are interested in the interfase of physics of life and evolution, consider applying!
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Anne Kupczok
3 months ago
Sounds like a great opportunity for a professor position in computational biology in the Netherlands
careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Assistan...
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Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Computational Biology
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Computational Biology
https://careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/AssistantAssociateFull-Professor-Computational-Biology/16345-en_US/
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Chris Knight
4 months ago
We're Hiring! We're looking for a postdoc with bioinformatics/modelling skills to join us in an exciting microbiome ecology project in Manchester (deadline 1st March)
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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'Research Associate in Microbiome Ecology:Manchester
We wish to appoint a PostDoctoral Research Associate to an exciting project exploring the assembly, stability and function of microbial decomposer communities.
https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=34316
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Nora Martin
4 months ago
Last chance to submit an abstract to our symposium on fitness landscapes and genotype-phenotype maps!
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Dolf Weijers
4 months ago
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/f...
Become our new colleague (and next door neighbor) and lead a chair/group/department of Biophysics at Wageningen University. Reach out to me for info and please spread!!!
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Full Professor and Chair Laboratory of Biophysics
We are looking for a Full Professor in the Biophysics chair group, part of Wageningen University & Research (WUR)
https://www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/full-professor-and-chair-laboratory-biophysics
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Economic Principles in Cell Biology
5 months ago
For a New Year, we have a new chapter in the latest edition of our textbook! Check out Benefit and cost of a protein and other chapters here
principlescellphysiology.org/book-economi...
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New year, new conferences! Consider submitting to the symposium on Fitness landscapes and Genotype-phenotype maps, linking computational and experimental approaches (organising with
@n-martin.bsky.social
;
@dbajic.bsky.social
invited spreaker) at SMBE (28/6-2/7)! Abstract deadline February 3rd!
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5 months ago
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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
6 months ago
Organisers -
@meikewortel.bsky.social
| University of Amsterdam -
@n-martin.bsky.social
|
@crg.eu
Invited Speaker -
@dbajic.bsky.social
| Delft University of Technology
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EvolDir
6 months ago
PhD position available at the University of Bern in Prof. Claudia Bank's lab. Application deadline: Jan 9, 2026. Ideal for candidates with a strong math and programming background. More info:
https://banklab.github.io/positions/
#phd
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Positions | Theoretical Ecology and Evolution
Positions | Theoretical Ecology and Evolution
https://banklab.github.io/positions/
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Nora Martin
6 months ago
Submit an abstract to our symposium "S20 Mapping fitness landscapes with mechanistic models, machine learning and experiments" ๐งฌ - organised with
@meikewortel.bsky.social
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Recently submitted a paper to iMetaOmics
@imetascience.bsky.social
which states to have fees waived at their website (
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2996...
), but after acceptence asks for fees. I hope this is a misunderstanding and resolved soon, but I'm wondering if others had similar issues...
7 months ago
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Claudia Bank
7 months ago
We have an open PhD position (application deadline 9 January 2026) in "Theory of fitness landscapes" at
@unibe.ch
๐คโฐ๏ธ๐๐ฉโ๐ป๐:
banklab.github.io/positions/
Please share widely!
#QueerInSTEM
#DisabledInSTEM
#BlackInSTEM
#WomenInSTEM
#CarersInSTEM
#AcademicSky
#HigherED
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Michael Manhart
8 months ago
My department (Rutgers Med School Biochem & Mol Bio) is hiring a Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Evolutionary Medicine. Topic is interpreted broadly, but candidates should integrate evolutionary theory with molecular mechanisms. Please share!
jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/261...
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Assistant or Associate Professor Tenure Track
The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), Rutgers Health, seeks outstanding candidates for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor...
https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/261289
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Pranas Grigaitis
9 months ago
What, where, when? ๐ October 31st, 2025 | 12:00 โ 18:00 ๐ Auditorium, O2 building, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ๐๏ธ Free, register here (before 1st Oct with a talk title; 15th Oct regular):
forms.office.com/e/qCrRcXhsyA
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Claudia Bank
8 months ago
Please spread the word! 10 days left to apply for this
#sciencejobs
as Assistant Professor Tenure Track in Quantitative Cell Biology ๐ฉโ๐ฌ
@izb-unibern.bsky.social
@unibe.ch
!
ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
#QueerInSTEM
#DisabledInSTEM
#BlackInSTEM
#WomenInSTEM
#CarersInSTEM
#AcademicSky
#HigherED
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Uni Bern: Assistant Professor with tenure-track for Quantitative Cell Biology
Start date of employment: anticipated for August 2027
https://ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs/d7ac104c-84fd-4f09-96c0-8581a18d95c9
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Erik Bakkeren
8 months ago
Note it in your calendars! Aug 3-5, 2026. Excited to bring back MEEHubs to a hub near you (Switzerland, USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, Ukraine, or virtual only)โผ๏ธ
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Marjon de Vos
9 months ago
Leuk interview met voormalig PhD student Lars Zandbergen over zijn promotie onderzoek in NRC.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Is je blaas steriel? โEr leven wel honderd soorten bacteriรซn die elkaar beรฏnvloedenโ
Jong geleerd: Ook in onze blaas leeft een complexe gemeenschap van microben. Hun onderlinge interacties hebben invloed op onze gezondheid, maar ook op antibioticaresistentie.
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/09/25/is-je-blaas-steriel-er-leven-wel-honderd-soorten-bacterien-die-elkaar-beinvloeden-a4907248
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รkos T Kovรกcs
9 months ago
Assistant Professor position in the Microbiome Engineering group (Prof Sahar El Aidy) at University of Amsterdam Assistant Professor in Microbiome Imaging and Functional Analysis
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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Vacancy โ Assistant Professor in Microbiome Imaging and Functional Analysis
Are you pioneering molecular tools and applying advanced imaging strategies to uncover how microbial communities are organized and interact in space and time? If so, we invite you to join The Swammerd...
https://werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies/assistant-professor-in-microbiome-imaging-and-functional-analysis-netherlands-14372
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Michael Manhart
9 months ago
I am recruiting a Ph.D. student in microbial ecology, evolution, and systems biology for fall 2026. Please share! Details:
qevomicrolab.org/Documents/Gr...
Apply by October 1 here:
forms.gle/38pPS1Ky84HB...
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After a mutation makes E. coli more resistant to cefotaxime, can it coexist with its less resistant ancestor? In collaboration (Philip Ruelens, Arjan de Visser, Eline de Ridder): with measurements of growth, detoxification, and death rates we can predict coexistence.
doi.org/10.1128/mbio...
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Density-dependent feedback limits the spread of beta-lactamase mutants: experimental observations and population dynamic model | mBio
Since the discovery of penicillin, ฮฒ-lactam antibiotics have become the most widely used antibiotics to treat bacterial infections. Their applicability is decreasing because bacteria evolve resistance...
https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.01500-25
11 months ago
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It was fun to record videos for the Economic Principles in Cell Biology MOOC ... coming this fall!
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11 months ago
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Melissah Rowe
11 months ago
We are looking for a postdoc to join our group to work on an ERC funded project on avian reproductive microbiomes.
nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
Please RT!
#microbes
#microbiomes
#sparrows
#postdoc
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Postdoctoral researcher: avian microbiomes and reproduction
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team working on avian reproductive microbiomes at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) in the group of Dr. Melissah Rowe. The postd...
https://nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies/postdoctoral-researcher-avian-microbiomes-and-reproduction
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Economic Principles in Cell Biology
11 months ago
There is still time to join us for engaging lectures and provoking discussions at our Summer School on Economic Principles of Cell Biology - at least online! Mark your calendars, July 23-26, and register here:
univienna.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: univie: summer school Economic Principles in Cell Biology. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
You can find the lecture schedule at: https://principlescellphysiology.org/summer-school-2025/schedule.html
https://univienna.zoom.us/meeting/register/JLuUA2ecTKy3u8RoAe5lbw#/registration
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Postdoc in Experimental Evolution available at the University of Alberta with collaborators in our exciting HFSP project on predicting evolution in Candida communities! I Apply this month ๐งซ๐ฅผ๐
apps.ualberta.ca/careers/post...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Experimental Evolution -
[email protected]
University of Alberta:
[email protected]
https://apps.ualberta.ca/careers/posting/2470
11 months ago
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Daniel Tamarit
about 1 year ago
New vacancy in my team! PhD student position on microbial genome evolution, focusing on the evolutionary principles underlying bacterial genome architecture. Please repost and share with talented MSc students in
#evobio
, bioinformatics or related :)
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
#MEvoSky
#MicroSky
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Bram van Dijk ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
about 1 year ago
๐งฉ PhD Position โ Origins of Darwinian Inheritance ๐งฉ This joint PhD project between the
@rug.nl
(Rampal Etienne & Martijn Egas) and
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
(Bram van Dijk) explores how simple prebiotic systems could evolve reliable information transfer. Apply here:
shorturl.at/WgYMF
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Sonja Lehtinen
about 1 year ago
Come work with us! We're looking of postdoc(s) with experience in bacterial genomics and interest in mathematical modelling to work on bacterial ecology and evolution in the context of public health.
tinyurl.com/n34vzszu
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Opportunitรฉs de carriรจreย : Postdoctoral researcher in bacterial genomics (22209)
https://tinyurl.com/n34vzszu
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I'm glad to have recommended this very nice (and my first) paper for
@peercommunityin.bsky.social
. The nice (and thorough) reviewers, authors and PCI support didn't make my job hard. It was a good experience! (I could recommend it ๐)
doi.org/10.24072/pci...
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โGoldilocksโ-size extensively annotated model for Escherichia co...
https://doi.org/10.24072/pci.mcb.100403
about 1 year ago
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Peter Lind
about 1 year ago
We have a 2-year postdoc position available in the Lind Lab at Umeรฅ University, Sweden! Predicting and steering experimental evolution of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Reposts appreciated.
umu.varbi.com/en/?jobtoken...
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Postdoctor, 2 years, in predicting the evolution of antibiotic resistance
The Department of Molecular Biology seeks a postdoctoral researcher who will work with forecasting and steering experimental evolution of antibiotic resistance. The employment is full-time for two yea
https://umu.varbi.com/en/?jobtoken=132983084131c9a4a81750ef530ab62e2ac9a5c36
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Jรผrgen Zanghellini
over 1 year ago
๐ฅ Behind the scenes with
@diana-sz.bsky.social
shooting for the Economic Principles in Cell Biology summer school ๐ฑ๐ Join us this July for cutting-edge lectures & interactive blended learning! ๐ข Register
epcp.univie.ac.at/summer-schoo...
@economic-cell.bsky.social
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Melissah Rowe
over 1 year ago
Join us for the Netherlands Society for Evolutionary Biology (NLSEB) annual meeting - April 8 in Ede, NL. Great keynote speakers and sure to be a fun day. Abstract submissions now open!
@nlseb.bsky.social
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Economic Principles in Cell Biology
over 1 year ago
It is true, we are coming back for the 4th Summer School "Economic Principles in Cell Biology" from July 23-26th 2025! Register to join us in Vienna or remotely
epcp.univie.ac.at/summer-schoo...
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Liedewij Laan
over 1 year ago
PhD position in bottom-up synthetic biology, where you will couple regulation to sensing in synthetic cells. Apply if you have a quantitative mind set and like working in a collaborative, creative, pionieering and social team. Please share, deadline nov 22
www.academictransfer.com/en/346627/ph...
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PhD Position Coupling Sensing to Intracellular Organization in Synthetic Cells
Join a cutting-edge research team and vibrant consortium to experimentally explore how synthetic cells dynamically respond to external signals.Job description To sense, a (synthetic) cell needs to dyn...
https://www.academictransfer.com/en/346627/phd-position-coupling-sensing-to-intracellular-organization-in-synthetic-cells/
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Will Ratcliff
over 1 year ago
New preprint up! We sequenced hundreds of samples from across one of Earth's oldest living organisms - the Pando aspen clone - to understand how mutations accumulate and spread in long-lived clonal organisms. Our results wereโฆsurprising. 1/30
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Anna Heintz-Buschart
over 1 year ago
Microbes are everywhere, but postdocs are hard to find: apply before the end of the month:
vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Post...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Microbiome Analysis of the Soil-plant-gut-health Axis
Postdoctoral Researcher in Microbiome Analysis of the Soil-plant-gut-health Axis
https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Postdoctoral-Researcher-in-Microbiome-Analysis-of-the-Soil-plant-gut-health-Axis/803607002/
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Detmer Sipkema
over 1 year ago
Hi all, I'm currently recruiting a PhD student who would like to use AI&Bioinformatics to discover the secrets how to grow bacteria that are currently uncultivable... Please repost. Applications can be done through the website only:
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
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PhD project: Metabolic Modelling and Cultivation of Bacteria from Marine Sponges
https://www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/phd-project-metabolic-modelling-and-cultivation-of-bacteria-from-marine-sponges.htm
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Anna Heintz-Buschart
over 1 year ago
Over here in Amsterdam, we are still looking for a postdoctoral researcher with microbiome bioinformatics skills and a mindset for statistics:
vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Post...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Microbiome Analysis of the Soil-plant-gut-health Axis
Postdoctoral Researcher in Microbiome Analysis of the Soil-plant-gut-health Axis
https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Postdoctoral-Researcher-in-Microbiome-Analysis-of-the-Soil-plant-gut-health-Axis/803607002/
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One week left to apply! Interested in computational models to study the predictability of evolution in Candida communities? Apply through the link below!
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over 1 year ago
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Anna Heintz-Buschart
over 1 year ago
Is there a link between the microbes in your food and your gut microbiome? and how about the soil that your food grew on? join us for a postdoc to find out:
vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Post...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Microbiome Analysis of the Soil-plant-gut-health Axis
Postdoctoral Researcher in Microbiome Analysis of the Soil-plant-gut-health Axis
https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Postdoctoral-Researcher-in-Microbiome-Analysis-of-the-Soil-plant-gut-health-Axis/803607002/
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