Postdoc position in bioinformatics, metagenomics and microbial WGS
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Academic fields
Natural sciences; Health
Job types
Postdoc; Research, development, innovation; Technical and laboratory
Education level
Doctorate
Weekly hours
40 hours per week
Job description
The candidate will be involved in:
We offer a challenging position within a dynamic and stimulating research environment and ask for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and pro-active team-player with:
Salary
Depending on education and experience, you will be offered a suitable salary in accordance with the Cao umc.
Contract
It concerns a temporary appointment for specific work of 3 years for an average of 36 hours per week in accordance with art. 2.4.3 of the Cao umc.
Working conditions
The Cao university medical centres (umc) is applicable to this function.
In het Maastricht Universitair Medisch Centrum+ (kortweg Maastricht UMC+) werken het academisch ziekenhuis Maastricht en de Universiteit Maastricht samen om de gezondheid van de bevolking in de regio op alle niveaus te verbeteren.
About the department
The Department of Medical Microbiology (Maastricht University Medical Centre+) is looking for a postdoc in the computational analyses of metagenome and microbial WGS data.
The Maastricht UMC+ is an exciting, interdisciplinary university medical center with excellent facilities and leading research groups in, amongst others, systems biology (MACsBio), molecular imaging (M4I), (meta)genomics, next-generation sequencing and molecular epidemiology. The Department of Medical Microbiology has a strong focus on the study of infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, molecular typing and the human microbiome using WGS and metagenomics data. The lab has on-site automated sample processing as well as next-generation sequencing facilities.
Our research group has strong links with clinical departments (e.g. gastroenterology, pulmonology and pediatrics) within the Maastricht UMC+ as well as many (inter)national collaborations with academic and industrial partners within the context of multiple (inter)national consortia, including the Top Institute Food and Nutrition (TIFN), NWO- Carbohydrate Competence Center, Joint Programme Initiatives HDHL Intestinal Microbiomics and the Interreg i-4-1health project.