Your tasks:

• Conduct a systematic and scientifically structured literature review of UCYN-A, with a focus on their genetic identification, detection, occurrence, and distribution in marine environments.
• Systematically extract, evaluate, and synthesize scientific information on UCYN-A occurrence and associated environmental conditions, with the aim of identifying environmental factors and patterns that may regulate their presence across different oceanic regions.
• Compile scientific literature, field observations, and experimental data into structured overviews and a research database.
• Support the scientific visualization of UCYN-A occurrence through summary figures and distribution maps across different oceanic regions.
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Requirements:

• a motivated student enrolled in a german university
• preferably a student at the master level in marine science, biology, biogeochemistry, microbiology, or a related field, with a strong interest in marine microbial ecology and/or nitrogen cycling
• familiarity with molecular/genetic methods (e.g. gene marker-based detection, phylogenetics), or a keen interest to learn about these topics, will constitute an advantage
• comfortable working with scientific literature and synthesizing findings from primary research papers
• being well organised, reliable and able to work independently
• interested in gaining experience with the various activities that are part of academic research processes (e.g. literature search, data synthesis, data analysis)
• very good English skills
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