PhD: Drug–Host–Microbiome Interactions

Bewerberportal; Wien; On-site; EUR 29,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Canteen and meal allowance

Flexible work models incl. home office

Pension fund

Travel support for conferences

Career development opportunities

Job summary

The AIT Austrian Institute of Technology in Vienna invites applications for a PhD Thesis position in the Molecular Diagnostics unit. You will work on microbiome-host-drug interactions using omics data, develop molecular tools to modulate tissue-resident microbiota, and apply in silico and wet lab approaches in collaboration with clinical and university partners.

You will join the Center for Health & Bioresources and contribute to AI-driven data analysis, experimental validation, and

Qualifications

• Completed studies (Master) in Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Life Science, Biomedical Engineering or similar
• Experience in cell culture and molecular biology
• Good programming skills in R, Python, bash
• Interest in reading and writing scientific publications and a passion for applied research questions from industry
• High level of commitment and team spirit.

Responsibilities

• Explore open data from public repositories to identify tissue-resident microbial communities using in-house bioinformatics pipelines.
• Characterise abundance and functional activity of microbiota as well as host interaction in relation to disease progression and drug response.
• Employ state-of-the art bioinformatical and AI methods to integrate experimental data with pre-existing domain know-how.
• Use AI-based molecular engineering tools.
• Set up in vitro models to verify findings through perturbation experiments.

Skills

Bioinformatics

Molecular biology

Laboratory techniques

Programming (R, Python, Bash)

Scientific writing

Team player

Education

Master's degree in Life Sciences / AI in Life Science

Tools

R

Python

Bash

Job description

The AIT Austrian Institute of Technology in Vienna invites applications for a PhD Thesis position in the Molecular Diagnostics unit. You will work on microbiome-host-drug interactions using omics data, develop molecular tools to modulate tissue-resident microbiota, and apply in silico and wet lab approaches in collaboration with clinical and university partners.

You will join the Center for Health & Bioresources and contribute to AI-driven data analysis, experimental validation, and