Postdoctoral Researcher

**Job offer 11/23**

The Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany, offers a position as a

**Postdoctoral Researcher (M/F/d)**
**in Microbiome Research**

The position is available in the Department Microbial Ecology and Diversity Research. Appointment will be for 3 years. The salary-level will be TV-L 13, according to qualification. The position is offered full time but not appropriate for part time work. The starting date envisioned is July 1, 2023.

State-of-the-art Omics and cultivation methods are applied to identify and analyze core microbiomes and microbiome keystone taxa from selected use cases (soil, seeds, marine environment). This involves the study of molecular abundance patterns across environmental gradients, novel network analyses, the determination of the activity status of microbial cells, functional analysis through metagenomics, targeted cultivation, and the reconstruction of synthetic consortia. Work is funded by the EU within the project _MICROBE - MICRObiome Biobanking Enabler_ and involves a close interaction with collaboration partners, both on a national and international level.

**What you offer**:

- Successfully completed studies in life sciences and a Ph.D. / Dr. rer. nat. degree
- Good working knowledge of methods for sequence analysis
- Experience in the cultivation of microorganisms and in microbial physiology
- A good command of English
- Ability for scientific writing, documented by several publications in peer-reviewed journals
- Interest in interdisciplinary work
- Some experience in the field of microbiome research would be advantageous.

**What we offer**:

- Research opportunities at the forefront of life sciences
- Plenty of room for creativity & challenging topics
- Access to state-of-the-art Omics methods, including long read DNA sequencing technologies and metabolomics
- Access to cell sorting and high throughput cultivation technology
- Access to in-house high-performance computing clusters (2,464 CPUs, 18 TB RAM)
- An interdisciplinary working environment with frequent exchange of experiences
- A motivated research team and a pleasant working atmosphere in a scientific environment
- Education and training
- A company certified according to audit berufundfamilie, therefore flexible possibilities to combine work and family life.

The DSMZ is an equal opportunity employer.