Wageningen University & Research
Wageningen University & Research The mission of Wageningen University and Research is "To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life". Under the banner Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen University and the specialised research institutes of the Wageningen Research Foundation have joined forces in contributing to finding solutions to important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment.
With its roughly 30 branches, 6.500 employees and 12.500 students, Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading organisations in its domain. An integrated approach to problems and the cooperation between various disciplines are at the heart of Wageningen's unique approach. WUR has been named Best Employer in the Education category for 2019-2020.
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read the 5 reasons to come work at WUR.Wageningen UR has a global reputation for its ground-breaking research and innovative education in the fields of food and health, sustainable agrosystems, the rural environment, and societal development - all of which make an essential contribution to the quality of life, i.e. the supply of safe and healthy food and drink, on the one hand, and the chance to live, work and play in a balanced ecosystem with a large variety of plants and animals on the other. Within Wageningen UR, the Plant Sciences Group (PSG) brings together science education and scientific, strategic and applied research in the fields of biology, of plants in relation to their environment, of plant-related organisms and of plant production. AFSG research and education is focussed on translating basic science on plants, animals and the environment into societal improvements, for example through development of biotechnological processes.
This project will be carried out at the Bioinformatics Group within PSG and the Laboratory of Microbiology at AFSG. The Bioinformatics Group is a rapidly expanding research group that focuses on fundamental and applied bioinformatics research in the green life sciences. In particular, they develop and apply novel computational methods for the analysis and integration of -omics data. The group has a strong track record in genome analysis, algorithm development and tool construction. There are many national and international collaborations with researchers studying plant and microbe metabolism, biotechnology and genomics. Research at the Laboratory of Microbiology is characterized by a focus on innovative cultivation- and genomics-driven approaches, and applications in food, pharmaceutical and environmental biotechnology. Aquatic Microbiology is one of the newer focus points and entails interactions between eukaryotes and prokaryotes with a specific focus on sponge, fish and microalgae as hosts.
We will recruit for the vacancy ourselves, so no employment agencies please. However, sharing in your network is appreciated.