Postdoctoral fellow in microbial ecology M/F

Job Description

Missions

Implementation of the microbial ecology components of the project MESSENGER: « Can rock-powered Microbial EcoSyStEms provide valuable iNsiGhts into early life and its emERgence? » funded by the PEPR ORIGINS (https://pepr-origins.fr/en/) and integration of the microbial ecology results in mineralized environment in the petrology and thermodynamic modeling components of the project.
This project involves 6 (teachers)-researchers and research engineers from the Geomicrobiology and Physics of Natural Sites teams of the IPGP and is conducted in collaboration with the "Evolutionary Biology of the Microbial Cell" team of the Institut Pasteur.
Position of responsibility: The postdoctoral researcher may be required to supervise the work of interns or PhD students

Activity

- Sampling and measurements in the field,
- Acquisition and processing of microbial ecology data (genomics and metagenomics),
- Acquisition and processing of microimaging data
- Integration of microbial ecology data with environmental metadata, and petrological and thermodynamic data
- Writing of scientific publications,
- Writing of progress and end of project reports and project follow-up presentations.

Your Profil

Skills

Microbial ecology of subsurface mineralized environments (genomics and metagenomics), environmental geochemistry and mineralogy, bioinformatics for DNA sequence analysis.
The candidate should have a taste for team and interdisciplinary work and be familiar with the latest conceptual and technological developments in subsurface microbial ecology.

Your Work Environment

L'IPGP is a world-renowned geosciences organisation, the IPGP is associated with the CNRS and an integrated institute of the Université Paris Cité. Bringing together more than 500 people, the IPGP studies the Earth and the planets from the core to the most superficial fluid envelopes, through observation, experimentation and modelling.
The research aeras are structured through 4 main unifying themes: Interiors of the Earth and Planets, Natural Hazards, Earth System and Origins.
The IPGP is in charge of labelled observation services in volcanology, seismology, magnetism, gravimetry and erosion. And the IPGP's permanent observatories monitor the four active French overseas volcanoes in Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion Island and Mayotte.
The IPGP hosts powerful computing resources and state-of-the-art experimental and analytical facilities and benefits from first-class technical support. The IPGP provides its students with geosciences training that combine observation, quantitative analysis and modelling, and that reflects the quality, richness and thematic diversity of the research conducted by the IPGP teams.

The interdisciplinary “Lithosphère-Organosphère-Microbiosphère” team of IPGP has been involved for more than 15 years in the study of the deep biosphere and has developed innovative methods (and acquired all the corresponding equipments) for microscale imaging of life in rocks (e.g., FISH-guided laser microdissection) or of microorganism-mineral interactions (e.g., SEM, CLSM-Raman spectroscopy, FTIR microscopy, SNOM).

Compensation and benefits

Compensation

Between €3,131.32 and €4,216.70 gross per month, depending on experience

Annual leave and RTT

44 jours

Remote Working practice and compensation

Pratique et indemnisation du TT

Transport

Prise en charge à 75% du coût et forfait mobilité durable jusqu’à 300€

About the offer

About the CNRS

The CNRS is a major player in fundamental research on a global scale. The CNRS is the only French organization active in all scientific fields. Its unique position as a multi-specialist allows it to bring together different disciplines to address the most important challenges of the contemporary world, in connection with the actors of change.

CNRS

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