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Postdoctoral Fellow in Molecular Ecology
Job Summary
A postdoctoral fellowship is available for a highly qualified individual to join the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR, https://ciglr.seas.umich.edu/). The successful candidate will work with our dynamic research team to develop tools for environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis of food web dynamics, invasive species, biodiversity, and/or toxic cyanobacteria in the Great Lakes. The successful candidate will work closely with Dr. Greg Dick, Dr. Casey Godwin (CIGLR), and collaborators from the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab and the United States Geological Survey.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on one or more of the following projects: use of metabarcoding (16S rRNA and 18S rRNA gene sequencing) to evaluate food-web interactions and/or impacts of grazers on phytoplankton and bacterioplankton communities; development of high-throughput qPCR and metabarcoding assays to monitor invasive species and genes encoding cyanotoxins; application of metabarcoding and metagenomics to measure Great Lakes biodiversity at different functional and taxonomic levels.
Note: This position is a one-year term limited appointment with the possibility of renewal based on performance.
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Responsibilities:
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- Validate eDNA assays
- Perform bioinformatics analysis of metabarcoding data
- Conduct statistical analyses
- Contribute to project reports and manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals, including as lead author
- Maintain a strong record of scholarly publication and present research results at scientific conferences and public meetings
Required Qualifications:
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- A Ph.D. in limnology, microbiology, molecular ecology, biological oceanography, bioinformatics, or a related field.
- Experience in bioinformatics and multivariate statistical methods for analyzing molecular data together with environmental data.
- Demonstrated ability to lead development of manuscripts for refereed journal publication.
- Experience in molecular biology, familiarity with high-throughput sequencing platforms, and experience analyzing metabarcoding data is preferred.
Application Deadline: February 1, 2025
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