The Raes lab (VIB, University of Brussels) is hiring 3 motivated PhD students in the computational analysis of metagenomics data, with a particular emphasis on human-associated microbial communities in health and disease.
The last few years have seen a revolution in the functional and phylogenetic profiling of complete microbial communities through (next-generation) environmental shotgun sequencing (metagenomics). Recently, these approaches are being used to study the combined genetic material of microbial communities that live on and in the human body (the human microbiome), with important clinical applications in autoimmune disorders, infection and nutrition-related pathologies. The proposed research projects focus on bioinformatics tool development for comparative metagenomics of next-generation sequencing data (Raes et al. Curr Opin Microbiol 2007) as well as further development and/or application of multivariate analysis methods (Gianoulis, Raes et al PNAS 2008) towards clinical eco-systems biology of the human ecosystem (Raes and Bork Nat Rev Microbiol 2008). Methods are applied to public data, within the framework of existing collaborations (e.g. the MetaHIT consortium http://www.metahit.eu), and on sequencing projects initiated within the lab. VIB is an exciting, interdisciplinary research ins
Requirements (PhD students)
- Masters in Bioinformatics, Bioengineering, (Molecular) Biology, Microbiology or equivalent
- Basic programming skills or strong motivation to learn
- Experience with (meta)genomics data and/or microarray data analysis is a plus
Interested candidates are encouraged to send their CV, along with a letter stating their interest and contact details of two references to jeroen.raes@gmail.com . Informal enquiries can also be addressed to the same email address
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