Vacancy ID: 167/2025
Closing date: 2025-08-31
The Friedrich Schiller University Jena is a dynamic and innovation-driven university centrally located in Germany. With a broad range of disciplines, it shapes the future through excellent research and teaching. Its scientific excellence is reflected in the profile areas Light – Life – Liberty, which provide pioneering insights and sustainable solutions for the society of tomorrow. Through close collaborations with leading research institutions, innovative companies, and renowned cultural organizations, it advances interdisciplinary developments. With around 17,000 students and approximately 10,000 employees, it defines Jena as a vibrant, internationally connected city of science and innovation.
The Microbiome Dynamics Group at the Institute of Microbiology seeks to fill the position of a
commencing on 1st of November, 2025.
We offer a part-time position (65%, 26 hours per week), limited to 4 years.
The research group Microbiome Dynamics (MBD) is seeking an excellent and enthusiastic Ph.D. student for high-risk-high reward research in the fields of metagenomics and big data integration. MBD is an active participant in several national and international collaborative efforts to the interplay between the host, symbiotic communities, and pathogenic species. Together with renowned scientists and supported by an excellent infrastructure you will have the opportunity to make an important contribution toward a healthier society. We strive for academic excellence in an environment characterized by collegial respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility.
The Ph.D. project is framed on the new collaborative research project “SynThera” (http://www.synthera.eu/), and the specific objective is to integrate shotgun metagenomics data with genome-scale metabolic modeling, using machine learning methods for proposing novel strategies to increase colonization potential of engineered probiotics strains in the human gut.
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Are you hesitating because you don't meet one or some of our requirements? Please do not hesitate to apply and give us a chance to get to know you.
This is a part-time position (65%, 26 hours per week) offered as a fixed-term position for 4 years.
Candidates with severe disabilities will be given preference in the case of equal qualifications and suitability.
Are you eager to work for us? Then apply by 31.08.2025 using our online form.