Postdoc in Paleogenomics & Metagenomics of Crop Microbiomes

muséum national d'histoire naturelle; France; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, located in Paris, invites applications for a Postdoctoral position within the ISYEB Joint Research Unit. The successful candidate will join the INEVEF team to study historical microbial diversity using ancient DNA from herbarium specimens and soils associated with wheat.

The project leverages past 100–200 years of plant material to understand microbial ecology, metagenomics analyses, and paleogenomic methods, with results disseminated through publications

Qualifications

• The candidate has earned a Ph.D. within the last 3 years and demonstrates initial postdoctoral experience.
• Experience related to the metagenomics of microbial communities is required.
• Fluency in spoken and written English is essential.

Responsibilities

• Perform bioinformatics processing of high-throughput sequencing datasets and validate ancient DNA sequences.
• Taxonomic and functional annotation of ancient and modern sequences.
• Manage data and submit to biological databases.
• Conduct quantitative and statistical analyses using R.
• Extract nucleic acids from herbarium and modern samples and sequence them.
• Present results at scientific conferences (in English) and at outreach events.

Skills

Postdoctoral experience

Metagenomics of microbial communities

Microbial ecology

Paleogenomics / paleogenetics

Bioinformatics (metagenomics)

R programming

English fluency

Scientific communication

Education

PhD in relevant field

Tools

R

Job description

Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, located in Paris, invites applications for a Postdoctoral position within the ISYEB Joint Research Unit. The successful candidate will join the INEVEF team to study historical microbial diversity using ancient DNA from herbarium specimens and soils associated with wheat.

The project leverages past 100–200 years of plant material to understand microbial ecology, metagenomics analyses, and paleogenomic methods, with results disseminated through publications