Research Assistant (m/f/d) (salary grade E13 TV-L, 65%)

Your Duties:
Participate in the Volkswagen Foundation-funded research project: “Identifying the factors that determine the robustness of bacterial cross-feeding networks to ecological disturbance”
• Synthetic generation of different metabolic interaction networks by preparing bacterial mutants
• Quantify amino acid production rates using LC-MS/MS
• Perform coculture experiments with different bacterial strains
• Comparative analysis of properties of different interaction networks (stability, growth, etc.)
• Work together with collaboration partner in Israel (Jonathan Friedman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) and other group members
• The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work towards a PhD

Requirements:
• Completed degree (M.Sc. or comparable) in biology or a related field
• Solid knowledge in molecular biological methods (CrispR/Cas, cloning)
• Practical experience in microbiological techniques
• Excellent command in written and spoken English
• Strong motivation and curiosity
• Ability to work in an interdisciplinary team
• Structured and independent way of working

Additional Qualifications:
• Experience in the analysis of networks
• Ability to develop and analyse theoretical models is a plus
• Sound knowledge of ecological and evolutionary theory
• Familiarity with quantitative working methods and statistical analysis procedures
• An excellent university degree
• Creative way of working

We offer:
• An exciting and highly topical research project
• Collaboration with national and international partners
• Opportunity to spend time in Israel
• Working in an interdisciplinary and international research team
• Participation in the excellent graduate education programs at Osnabrück University (ZePrOS, IRTG)
• Access to the state-of-the-art research infrastructure at the School of Biology/ Chemistry (CellNanOs)
• Live and work in the vibrant and liveable city of Osnabrück

See the complete announcement at:
https://www.uni-osnabrueck.de/universitaet/stellenangebote/stellenangebote-detail/19-fb-5-research-assistant-mfd/