This RVO-funded project will be carried out in Robert Jansen’s
Functional Metabolomics group, which uses untargeted metabolomics to discover the function of uncharacterised enzymes and metabolites in microbes. The group is embedded in the
Department of Microbiology of the
Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences (RIBES). The project will be performed in close collaboration with the
Department of Pharmacy and the
Department of Pulmonary Diseases of the Radboud university medical center.
The Department of Microbiology comprises an enthusiastic and devoted team of researchers who closely collaborate in a flat organisational structure. Harmonious and productive collaboration and synergy are key to our success. The Department has state-of-the-art equipment for sequencing and data analysis, light and electron microscopy, and metabolomics, an MLII lab, a large bioreactor facility, and infrastructure for anaerobic microbiology, as well as facilities for biochemical, molecular and physiological work. Our mission is to conduct research at the forefront of microbial ecology and physiology and biogeochemistry with the main aim of understanding the diversity of microorganisms responsible for the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen and carbon, and host-microbe interactions. We have expertise in microbial metabolomics, microbial cell biology and biochemistry, environmental microbiology, microbial biotechnology, geomicrobiology and biogeochemistry, and microbial ecophysiology and microbial meta-omics. In addition, exciting opportunities exist to enhance your teaching skills in BSc or MSc courses in our Microbiology programmes and for BSc and MSc students to work on your project.
The Department of Microbiology is part of the Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences (RIBES). RIBES aims to perform world-leading research to understand the response of the natural environment to human impact. Research at RIBES encompasses three major groups of organisms (microorganisms, plants and animals) and spans nearly all levels of biological organisation. The institute is organised in three departments: Ecology and Physiology, Environmental Science, and Microbiology.