Researcher - Westerdijk Institute - Utrecht

at  Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen

Location: Utrecht
Max hours per week: 38.00
Max salary: 5.090
Duration of agreement: 1 year
Apply until: 05/01/2024
What you will be doing?
The newly established research team of Prof. Wieland Meyer in the Molecular Medical Mycology Laboratory at the Westerdijk Institute has a unique opportunity for a molecular biologist with experience in bioinformatics, to conduct bioinformatics research in relation to One Health. We specifically welcome candidates who can lead further developments in bioinformatics within the institute.
You will conduct bioinformatics research related to: 1) molecular epidemiology of human pathogenic fungi using whole genome sequencing; 2) fungal phylogenomics analysis complementing the CBS collection; 3) fungal genome annotation, 4) whole genome data analysis in relation to Azole resistance of environmental and clinical A. fumigatus strains; 5) analysis of metabarcoding data obtained from marine environments, 6) species discovery from diverse environments including Antarctica and the Amazon, and 7) establishing pipelines for metagenomic based diagnosis of mycoses, using long read nanopore sequencing.
You are expected to develop and contribute to new research projects and associated project grant applications related to understanding human pathogenic fungi.

Please refer the Job description for details