Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental - Zurich, Schweiz - Eawag

Eawag

Geprüftes Unternehmen

Zurich, Schweiz

vor 3 Wochen

Geschrieben von:

Lena Schneider

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Beschreibung

Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, is an internationally networked aquatic research institute within the ETH Domain (Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology).

Eawag conducts research, education and expert consulting to achieve the dual goals of meeting direct human needs for water and maintaining the function and integrity of aquatic ecosystems.

The Department of Environmental Chemistry (Uchem) is offering a position for a

Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental Metabolomics

The position is part of a project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) aiming to assess the dynamics of microbial metabolism in soil and water upon human-induced environmental change. In an interdisciplinary team working at the intersection of environmental system sciences and biochemistry, we approach questions of ecosystem functioning through a holistic evaluation of microbial phosphorus metabolism using stable isotope-based evidence as proxy for the study of phosphoryl transfer reactions in aerobic microorganisms.

The work associated with this postdoctoral position will focus on the investigation of responses of cellular phosphorus metabolism in aerobic heterotrophic bacteria to environmental stress. Specifically, the post
- doctoral fellow will carry out 18O tracer experiments and mass spectrometry-based metabolic flux analysis to target reactions and pathways of the phosphorus metabolism that ultimately lead to an exchange of oxygen atoms in cytosolic phosphate. Evidence obtained through metabolic flux analysis will provide the basis for interpretation of variations of 18O/16O ratios in cytosolic phosphate that we are currently exploring as a novel measure to track for metabolic adaptations of environmental microbiomes.

We expect excellent writing and communication skills in English. The successful applicant is expected to start this position between February and April 2024. The position will be limited to two years with the option of a one-year extension.

The successful

applicant will join the Environmental Chemistry Department at Eawag and be part of a collaborative project carried out with the Group of Plant Nutrition at ETH Zürich and the Functional Genomics Center Zürich. This position comes with the opportunity to work with researchers from ETH Zürich and the University of Bern in an interdisciplinary working environment and in state-of-the-art laboratories.

Eawag is a modern employer and offers an excellent working environment where staff can contribute their strengths, experience and ways of thinking. We promote cultural and gender equality and are committed to staff diversity and inclusion. The compatibility of career and family is of central importance to us.

Questions about the position can be directed to Dr Thomas Hofstetter and Dr Federica Tamburini.