Job offer

European Commission; France; Sur place; EUR 30 000 - 45 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Une université reconnue propose un poste de chercheur postdoctoral dans le domaine de la biologie computationnelle. Le candidat retenu travaillera sur le projet Pollucom, explorant les effets de la pollution à l'ozone sur les interactions plante-pollinisateur dans un environnement scientifique international. Ce rôle nécessite un doctorat et des compétences avérées en bioinformatique, analyse de données à haut débit, et écologie des plantes.

Qualifications

• Diplôme de doctorat nécessaire.
• Expérience en analyse de données métabolomiques et transcriptomiques.
• Compétences en programmation et en bioinformatique exigées.

Responsabilités

• Caractériser l'impact de l'ozone sur les systèmes métaboliques des plantes.
• Générer et annoter des transcriptomes liés aux études de métabolomique.
• Développer des pipelines d'analyse pour intégrer des données biologiques multi-niveaux.

Connaissances

Analyse de données à haut débit

Programmation en Python

Biologie moléculaire

Écologie des plantes

Biophysique

Formation

PhD en Biologie Computationnelle

Description du poste

Organisation/Company Université Jean Monnet Department Loire Research Field Biological sciences Researcher Profile Established Researcher (R3) Positions Postdoc Positions Country France Application Deadline 30 Sep 2025 - 00:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) Type of Contract Permanent Job Status Full-time Offer Starting Date 6 Jan 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Other EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Type: Post Doc

Start of the position 06/01/2026

The contract is for 22 months.

Data science, chemical ecology, fig, lavender, pollination, ozone pollution, global warming

• Diploma/transcript of Master degree and PhD degree

Application deadline: 30th of September, 2025

CONTEXT

The offered postdoctoral position is part of the ANR project Pollucom “Effects of ozone pollution on plant-pollinator chemical communication under global warming, consequences for their interactions”.

Today, stability of ecosystems and biodiversity are clearly affected by rapid environmental changes due to human activities. Unfortunately, all these impacts and the cascades of modifications are not well characterized. Among biotic interactions, pollination is an important service for both natural and agricultural ecosystems. Insect pollinators play major role to maintain more than 75% of angiosperm and food crops reproduction. The vast majority of plant-pollinator interactions are mediated by chemical communication. One way of communication is based on volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced by plants and attractive for pollinators. These chemicals diffuse into the ambient air and some are detected by pollinators antennas. Because pollinators’ recognition of floral odors relies on a mixture of VOCs in specific proportions, any qualitative or quantitative change can result in failure to locate flowers. Among air pollutants, tropospheric ozone, by generating oxidative stress, is one of the most damaging for organisms. Background O3 levels have now approximately doubled from the early 1900s, and high O3 peaks are nowadays a frequent occurrence.Despite this potentially dramatic effect, little is known about the consequences of increasing O3 levels on plant-pollinator interactions. Indeed, a disruption in the capacity of pollinators to locate their host flowers could have dramatic consequences on the fitness of plants and pollinators, altering the functioning of natural ecosystems but also for ecosystem services in agriculture.

The Pollucom project investigates the effect of O3 and its impact in the context of increasing temperature on plant-pollinator interactions. Two pollination systems are studied: a specialized one, Blastophaha psenes (Hymenoptera, Agaonidae) - Ficus carica (Moraceae) and a generalized one, Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera, Apidae) - Lavandula angustifolia (Lamiaceae). Experimentations will be performed in mesocosms (European Ecotron of Montpellier) where concentration of O3 and temperature will be controlled.

THE POSITION

We offer a creative and stimulating international scientific environment, and access to state-of-the-art technologies. You will be part of a national collaboration and thus will expand your network as such. LBVpam is a leading laboratory in plant volatile biochemistry and is globally recognized for the excellence of its research in plant VOC biochemistry. We offer a rewarding and challenging job in an international environment, where English is the daily language in the laboratory. We strive for academic excellence in an environment characterized by collegial respect and personal responsibility.

University Jean Monnet is a multidisciplinary university andis present throughout the city of Saint-Étienne: with its20,000 students, University Jean Monnet supplies young talent and excellence.

The appointment follows general employment rules for a French University. The period of employment is 22 months fully funded.

ACTIVITIES

We are looking for a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to characterize the impact of elevated [O3] and temperature, on the specialized metabolism of VOCs biosynthesis and antioxidant system responses in figs and lavenders.

The successful applicant will generate and annotate transcriptomes and link these with metabolomics studies. The applicant will characterize key molecular processes using multi-omics approaches, such a GNPS networking and similar techniques.

The postdoc will develop QC, processing and analysis pipelines for integrating multi-level biological data (i.e. RNA-seq, metabolomic, measure of oxidative stress, pollinator attractiveness, fecundity) and will generate statistical association analysis and model construction. Thus, the candidate should have strong background in data mining of large datasets with profound knowledge of metabolomics and molecular biology.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

• PhD in Computational Biology, Systems Biology, Bioinformatics, or closely related areas
• Experience in analysis high throughput data types (particularly metabolomics and transcriptomics)
• Preferably a good background / biological knowledge on plant ecology and VOCs biochemistry
• Excellent programming skills using Python or similar. Fluency in R
• The candidate must be able to write and speak English fluently, as this is the language of communication in the laboratory

Qualifications
The applicant must possess a PhD degree and be able to take up the position no later than January, 2026.

Where to apply

E-mail [e-mail]

Requirements

Research Field Biological sciences » Biology Education Level PhD or equivalent

Additional Information

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available 1 Company/Institute Laboratoire BVpam UMR 5079, Université Jean Monnet (UJM) Country European Union State/Province France City Saint Etienne Geofield