New Post-doc opportunity on algal-bacterial interactions May 23, 2018

An exciting 2-year post-doc position is being offered by Station Biologique de Roscoff, a research station operated by GENIALG coordinator CNRS (France).

The position will focus on algal-bacterial interactions, with an expected start date at the beginning of September. The station is located in Roscoff, Brittany, where the successful candidate will conduct their research. The deadline for applications is 15 June 2018.

Project description:

Host-microbe interactions have a strong impact on host fitness and beneficial interactions are frequently based on metabolic complementarities between the organisms living together. These metabolic complementarities can be predicted in silico via the analysis of genome-scale metabolic models. The successful candidate will be working on a CNRS-funded project with two main objectives. First, to establish a laboratory holobiont model using the brown alga Ectocarpus as a host, and to predict mutualistic host-microbiome interactions based on metabolic complementarities and to test these predictions; second, to elucidate the processes that occur when the equilibrium between host and microbiome is disturbed by an increase in temperature. A detailed project description is available on request.

For a full breakdown of the offer, its location, and the candidate specification, please follow the link below.