Postdoc of Gut microbiome, diet and live therapeutics interactions

Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen, is recognized for excellence in food research, food science education, and industry collaboration. It covers all disciplines of food science from raw materials to processing and consumption, and is organized in four sections, one of which is the section for “Food Microbiology, Gut Health and Fermentation”, where the position is placed.

The postdoc’s duties will include research within gut health/microbiome as well as teaching. Specifically, the work is centered around a 3-year EU project with 3 university- and 2 industrial partners on the use of living bacteria (live therapeutics) for the treatment of hyperuricemia, the precursor of the inflammatory condition gout. The project involves planning and execution of clinical trials (to be conducted by another partner) with harvesting longitudinal clinical and omics layers of data. You will be responsible, amongst others, for establishment of instruments for patient stratifications into responders/non-responders, as well as mechanistic omics integration for mode of action of the live therapeutics.

Qualifications

We are looking for a highly motivated computational scientist with the following key competences:

• PhD or equivalent degree in bioinformatics, biology, microbiology or similar.
• Passion for working in a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary environment.

Preferred skills:

• Gut microbiome research
• Diet microbiome interactions
• Bioinformatics
• Data integration, data fusion and bio statistics
• Experience in handling large data sets from human intervention studies
• Good collaboration and organization skills

Further information on the Department is linked at http://www.science.ku.dk/english/about-the-faculty/organisation/. Inquiries about the position can be made to Professor Morten Arendt Rasmussen, [email protected].

The position is open from 1 September 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter and will run for 3 years.

The University wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.

Terms of employment

The position is covered by the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff.

Terms of appointment and payment accord to the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations on Academics in the State.

Negotiation for salary supplement is possible.

The application, in English, must be submitted electronically by clicking APPLY NOW below.

Please include

• Curriculum vitae
• Diplomas (Master and PhD degree or equivalent)
• Research plan – description of current and future research plans
• Complete publication list
• Separate reprints of 3 particularly relevant papers

The deadline for applications is 9 August 2024, 23:59 GMT +2.

After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the Interview Committee.

You can read about the recruitment process at http://employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/.

Interviews will be held 15 and 19 August 2024.