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Predoctoral Offer - Microbial Ecology – Basque Country University

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Posted on 05/29/2023
Business: Basque Country University
Province: Bilbao

Do you want to contribute to Save the Honey Bee?
We are looking for a predoc candidate
A candidate is sought to carry out the Doctoral Thesis entitled "Analysis of the microbial and genomic diversity of Apis mellifera in different environments and management to unravel the biotic and abiotic factors that favor resistance to the varroa mite.”
This thesis is framed in the ECOAPI project, financed by the Ministry of Science and Innovation in the call "Strategic projects oriented to the ecological and digital transition". The project contemplates financing for a pre-doctoral student for a renewable year. In addition, in the 2024 call, a 4-year Predoctoral Scholarship (UPV/EHU or Basque Government) will be requested.
During the thesis, the student will join the Applied Genomics and Bioinformatics research group with more than 20 years of dedication to the genetic study of the honey bee (Andone Estonba Professor of Genetics, ORCID: 0000-0003-2851-5201). The student will be guided by a postdoctoral researcher involved in the project, and will have the opportunity to collaborate with researchers from prestigious European institutes and universities, which will facilitate stays abroad and obtain an international thesis mention. The thesis will be supervised by Dr. Iratxe Zarraonaindia (specialized in microbial ecology, ORCID: 0000-0002-0615-0187) and Dr. Melanie Parejo (specialized in bee population genomics, ORCID: 0000-0002-7248-0424).

SHORT DESCRIPTION:
the mite Varroa destructor and its associated viruses are the cause of large annual losses within the beekeeping sector worldwide. To reduce the use of chemical treatments against varroa, the main objective of the ECOAPI project is to provide alternative and sustainable beekeeping solutions based on the selection of bees resistant to varroa. Specifically, at ECOAPI (1) we will evaluate the levels of varroa infestation in different populations of Apis mellifera of the Iberian Peninsula, as well as parameters of production and health of the hives, and (2) we intend to clarify the contribution of various factors (environmental, genomic, microbial and viral) as well as the mechanisms (social immunity, management, etc. ) that provide greater resistance and survival of the honey bee against varroa.

WORK TO DO:
- Collaborate in the field work: collection of samples and measurements in the apiary (abundance of varroa, productivity, etc.).
- Evaluation of resistance parameters in the laboratory
- Sample processing aimed at massive sequencing (NGS) (Hiseq, NovaSeq, PacBio etc.) of microbial and honey bee communities
- Bioinformatics processing of genomic and metagenomic NGS sequences and integration with metadata (environmental, production, survival and health data)

REQUIREMENTS:
- University Degree in Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Environmental Sciences, or similar, obtained in June 2017 or later
- Have completed the research master's degree, or be studying it during the 2023 academic year
- Competitive academic record and medium/high level of English

ABILITIES:
- Teamwork skills, proactive attitude, initiative and autonomy
- Previous experience in a molecular laboratory and/or in bioinformatics (Unix, R similar) will be valued.

START DATE: IMMEDIATE
Interested send CV to iratxe.zarraonaindia@ehu.eus

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