10
Apr
NIB, Department of Biotechnology and systems biology is looking for 2 PhD doctorate students in the frame of the European Marie Curie INEXTVIR - Innovative Network for Next Generation Training and Sequencing of Virome
NIB, Department of Biotechnology and systems biology is looking for 2 PhD doctorate students in the frame of the European Marie Curie INEXTVIR - Innovative Network for Next Generation Training and Sequencing of Virome which will employ 15 doctorate students in 5 different EU countries.
INEXTVIR - Innovative Network for Next Generation Training and Sequencing of Virome – is a Marie Curie network funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme and offers fully funded PhD positions with an attractive stipend, complementary training activities and generous travel and laboratory and research budgets. We are looking for 15 Early Stage Researchers (ESR), with a background in either life sciences and related studies (biology, agronomy, biotechnology, bioinformatics) or social sciences (e.g. Psychology, economics, communication sciences, geography, decision-sciences). Successful candidates will be involved in one or more of the following fields: plant virology, bioinformatics, virus ecology and epidemiology, agriculture, socio-economics, societal communication, policy and regulation.
The position is offered for 3 years and all hired researchers must enroll in Doctoral Programmes, undertake mobility in order to implement their individual Research Project, as well as to participate in complementary training activities.
The successful candidates will be hosted by a member of a European Consortium of universities, research institutions and companies in Belgium, France, Spain, Slovenia and the UK. Successful candidates will will participate in a transdisciplinary network of research and training aimed at accelerating the start of the applicants’ scientific career. More information: <https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/394673> (EURAXESS Job Offer id: 394673)
Project Objectives
• To define the virome present in selected agricultural crops across Europe using cutting-edge High-throughput sequencing (HTS) technologies.
• To understand the biological impact virus communities, have on the biology and ecology of farming systems.
• To improve virus detection capabilities in plant health and certification settings thorough the development and validation of HTS methods including the use of novel sequencing technologies (e.g. Nanopore sequencing) and development of bioinformatics approaches based on AI and machine learning.
• To assess the agronomic and socio-economic impact of the virome and translate it into practical decision tools for different stakeholders including policy makers, plant health bodies, diagnostics industry, agricultural sector and society.ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
The Marie Curie funding is available for researchers that move, both within Europe and globally. The following
criteria apply:
• Nationals from any country may apply.
• Mobility: at the time of the recruitment, the researcher must not have resided or carried out his/her main activity (work, studies, etc.), in the country of the chosen host institution (recruiting beneficiary) for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the date of the recruitment.
• Research category of Early Stage Researcher (ESR): researchers who, at the time of the recruitment, have not yet been awarded a doctorate degree and are in the first 4 years (full-time equivalent) of their research careers, including the research training period that would entitle them to a doctorate.
