Stage M2: Genomics & Metabolic Modeling of Bacteria

SFBI; Talence; Sur place; EUR 12 000 - 17 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

SFBI in Talence, France seeks a Stage M2 candidate to work on protein annotation, comparative genomics, and metabolic modeling for uncultivated bacteria. The intern will be supervised by bioinformatics, genomics, and metabolic modelling experts, collaborating with Mollicutes biology teams.

The role focuses on reviewing annotation tools, applying ML to hypothetical proteins, and examining how new annotations alter GSMNs and cultivability.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Python.
• Good level in English (written and spoken).
• Interest in microbiology/biochemistry.

Responsabilités

• Review computational tools for annotation of unannotated genes/proteins.
• Identify potential functions of hypothetical proteins using machine learning.
• Track unannotated proteins across 36 mollicutes genomes to assess sharing among cultivable/uncultivable strains.
• Assess impact of novel annotations on microbial metabolism and cultivability using GSMNs.
• Summarize and present findings to the team.

Connaissances

Python

English

Microbiology interest

Bash

High-performance computing

Formation

MSc in computational biology

MSc in computer science or AI with biology interest

Outils

Bash

Description du poste

SFBI in Talence, France seeks a Stage M2 candidate to work on protein annotation, comparative genomics, and metabolic modeling for uncultivated bacteria. The intern will be supervised by bioinformatics, genomics, and metabolic modelling experts, collaborating with Mollicutes biology teams.

The role focuses on reviewing annotation tools, applying ML to hypothetical proteins, and examining how new annotations alter GSMNs and cultivability.