爱尔兰都柏林城市大学生物技术研究博士后岗位

Institution

Dublin City University (http://www.dcu.ie/)

Position

Post-doctoral Researcher

Location

Dublin City, Ireland

Date Posted

June 27th 2008

Date Expires

September 1st 2008

Tags

postdoc, dublin city university, environmental chemistry, soil, carbon cycling, biotechnology, dublin city, and ireland 

Description

This is a multidisciplinary project and provides opportunities in several areas of scientific endeavour and will suit a motivated person with an open mind who is willing to act on new ideas. The project lies in the general area of environmental chemistry/microbiology and will couple powerful analytical techniques that include Stable Isotope Probing (SIP), NMR and compound specific stable isotope ratio mass spectroscopy (CSIRMS) that will allow us to assess ecological and molecular responses of autotrophic soil microbes to environmental stress and to discern actual microbial contributions to atmospheric CO2 uptake (e.g. photosynthesis). The molecular responses of as yet uncultured microbes to extreme conditions will be investigated to assess potential for use in biotechnology industry.

The candidate must have a PhD in environmental chemistry or other related disciplines such as biochemistry, analytical chemistry or molecular biology. Experience in SIP, NMR, GC-MS or CSIRMS would be an advantage. The candidate must also have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, be a highly motivated team player to work as part of a multidisciplinary research team and have excellent standards of written and spoken English.

Salary: €45,000 – €50,000 p.a. dependent on experience.