Predoctoral Researcher - Microbiome, Resistome & Food-Waste

Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA); España; On-site; EUR 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Continuous training

International environment

Job summary

ICRA invites applications for a highly motivated predoctoral researcher to join the FOODTRACK project and develop a doctoral thesis focusing on microbiome, resistome and mobilome analyses across food, human, and wastewater samples.

The position offers a four-year full-time contract with guaranteed minimum salary conditions in line with EPIF. Collaboration with IDAEA-CSIC and Dipsalut is included, and training in experimental, computational and quantitative approaches will be provided.

Qualifications

• University degree and official master’s degree or equivalent qualification that allows access to doctoral studies in Spain.
• Strong academic record and potential for independent research in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Willingness to learn new laboratory methodologies, bioinformatics and statistics.

Responsibilities

• Extract, quality control and prepare DNA from samples across matrices (food, human, wastewater).
• Apply molecular biology and microbiology methods to characterize microbiomes and resistance determinants.
• Analyze whole genome and metagenome sequencing data and perform reproducible analyses.
• Develop and document bioinformatics workflows for metagenomic analysis.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams and participate in project meetings.

Skills

Molecular biology

Microbiology

Bioinformatics

Data analysis

Education

Master’s degree or equivalent

Tools

R

Python

Linux

Bioinformatics tools

Job description

ICRA invites applications for a highly motivated predoctoral researcher to join the FOODTRACK project and develop a doctoral thesis focusing on microbiome, resistome and mobilome analyses across food, human, and wastewater samples.

The position offers a four-year full-time contract with guaranteed minimum salary conditions in line with EPIF. Collaboration with IDAEA-CSIC and Dipsalut is included, and training in experimental, computational and quantitative approaches will be provided.