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Fields Related to Microbial Ecology

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PositionApplication DeadlineStart DateLocation
Microbial EcologistSeptember 1st 2013tbdUniversity of Maryland, Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Laboratory, USA
Assistant/Associate Professor Microbial EcologyJuly 15th 2013Can be negotiatedDept. Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
5-year Postdoc/Senior Scientist in Marine MicrobiologyAugust 31st 2013Open until filledLeibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Germany
PhD in Metabolism of Nitrate in the Gut EcosystemJune 17th 2013June 30th 2013University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia
Postdoctoral and PhD fellowships in Marine Microbial EcologyOpen until filledOpen until filledRed Sea Research Center, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Postdoctoral Position in Metagenomics and Microbial EcologyJuly 1st 2013August 1st 2013 or later Dept. of Biology, University of Utah, USA
PhD Position for Microbiologists or Microbial Ecologists with strong interest in GeomicrobiologyEnd of June 2013Open until filledCenter for Applied Geoscience of the University of Tuebingen, Germany
PhD fellowship in Environmental MicrobiologyAugust 1st 2013November 1st 2013Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University,Denmark
PhD student position in gut microbiome and dietJuly 1st 2013Fall 2013 / flexibleDepartment of Food Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA
PhD in Glacier microeukaryote meta- 'omics May 22nd 2013-2013 Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Wales United Kingdom
Plant microbiome postdoctoral positionOpen until filledFall 2013University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
PostDoc in Molecular Microbial Ecology of PermafrostMay 23rd 2013September 1st 2013GEUS, Øster Voldgade 10, Copenhagen, Denmark
Postdoc in Microbial Bioinformatics of Cryospheric Biodiversity DataMay 23rd 2013September 1st 2013GEUS, Øster voldgade 10, Copenhagen, Denmark
Head of Department Microbial EcologyMay 24th 2013Fall 2013 (can be negotiated)The Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) Wageningen, The Netherlands
9 PhD and 3 Post doc positions in the Marie Curie Initial Training Network NORA - The Nitrous Oxide Research Alliance June 1st 2013September 1st 2013 (PhDs) & January 1st 2014 (Post docs)9 university partners and 5 industry partners in 6 European countries; Coordinator: Åsa Frostegård, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway
PhD student position in microbial ecologyJuly 1st 2013Fall 2013Department of Microbial Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
PhD position, microbial ecology and ecological engineeringMay 20th 2013Fall 2013Irstea, Hydrosystems & Bioprocesses Research unit, Antony (8km from Paris), France
Assistant/Associate Professor in bioinformatics or computational biologyJune 3rd 2013September 1st 2013University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Knoxville, TN
Tenure Track Faculty Position in Soil Biology/MicrobiologyOpen until filledAugust 16th 2013Dickinson State University, Dickinson, North Dakota, 58601, USA
NASA Postdoctoral FellowThree each year – March 1, July 1, and November 1VariableNASA, Nationwide, USA

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