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Position Title: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Posting Date: 25 April 2024
Organization Name: Florida International University
Location: Modesto Maidique Campus, Miami, FL
Application Deadline: 30 April 2024

Description: The postdoctoral fellow will develop questions and analytical approaches to integrate and synthesize long-term spatially extensive datasets on benthic diatom and algae species composition and their drivers. Anticipated outcomes include peer-reviewed publications that address contemporary theory in community ecology while also providing performance measures or models for assessing the restoration effectiveness in the face of other disturbances, including rapid climate change. Collaborations with the laboratory of Dr. Nathan Dorn, a food-web ecologist at FIU, will facilitate integration of top-down consumer influences on benthic algal responses to changing environmental drivers. Collaborations with Drs. Colin Saunders and Sue Newman at the South Florida Water Management District will facilitate integration with other long-term ecological studies that inform adaptive ecosystem management. The position will include participation in helicopter- and airboat-based field work in the most remote regions of the Everglades. We are dedicated to providing opportunities for professional development including developing and advancing innovative proposals for funding for related independent research.

Valued Skills: We are seeking a candidate with expertise in algal biology and taxonomy who also has skills in working with large community datasets and collaborative teams.

Position Requirements: A Ph.D. in biology or environmental science

Location: Modesto Maidique Campus, Florida International University, Miami, FL

Compensation: The starting salary for this position is expected to range between $55,000-$60,000, depending on experience. Benefits include a retirement plan, paid vacation, sick leave, parental leave, counseling and support services, and health insurance.

To Apply: Please visit https://facultycareers.fiu.edu/?posting=527744 to complete your application. Please also provide your cover letter, CV, and links to two publications via this google form.

Position Title: Research Analyst I
Posting Date: 25 April 2024
Organization Name: South Florida Water Management District
Location: West Palm Beach, FL
Application Deadline: 3 May 2024

Description: This position will be based at the South Florida Water Management District in West Palm Beach. The research analyst will conduct field and laboratory studies in the Everglades and contribute to reports and publications. They will bridge strong collaborations between FIU and the agency, helping to coordinate field, laboratory, data management, and reporting tasks to understand how the Everglades ecosystem is changing as it is being restored.

Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Environmental Sciences, Earth Sciences or related field.

Valued Skills: Strong communication skills, ability to work in teams, willingness to conduct field work by boat, foot, and helicopter in the Everglades, and ability (or willingness to learn) to use R code to manage data and create data summaries for reports.

To Apply: Please visit https://hr.fiu.edu/careers/ and apply to position 531927. For questions, please contact Dr. Evelyn Gaiser.

Position Title: Staff Scientist 1 (Taxonomy Team)
Posting Date: 3 January 2024
Organization Name: National Library of Medicine/National Center for Biotechnology Information (NLM/NCBI)
Department: Information Engineering Branch (IEB)
Application Deadline: Until the position is filled

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is one of 27 Institutes and Centers at the National Institutes of Health. NLM is a global leader in biomedical informatics and computational health data science and the world’s largest biomedical library. NLM’s legislative mandate is to support the essential work of acquiring, organizing, preserving, and disseminating biomedical information. NLM provides public access to this information 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Overview: The NCBI Taxonomy team, located in the Information Engineering Branch, is looking for an outstanding candidate with extensive experience in taxonomic database curation.

Position Description/Responsibilities:

The NCBI Taxonomy team provides a curated classification and correct nomenclature for all organisms represented in GenBank and its partners in the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration (INSDC). The activities of the NCBI Taxonomy team are reflected in nearly all NCBI sequence data resources, including BLAST, Gene, SRA, RefSeq, GEO, and NCBI Datasets, as well as in numerous data resources external to NCBI.

Taxonomic database curation includes verifying taxon names, ensuring that they are nomenclaturally correct, and their classification is consistent with current knowledge. This activity involves frequent interactions with software developers on the team, as well as other NCBI teams who use the outputs of NCBI Taxonomy, sequence data submitters, and members of international research communities.

The incumbent will be responsible for:

  • Verifying, correcting, classifying, and adding green plant and algae names (and other groups, as necessary) to the NCBI Taxonomy database

  • Review of the taxonomic literature to identify curation needs and opportunities

  • Outreach to relevant communities

  • Communicating curation needs to software developers

Position Requirements

The ideal candidate may or may not be a United States citizen.

We are looking for an individual with:

  • A Ph.D. in a quantitative field, such as Biology, centered on Botany, with experience in Phycology desirable

  • A broad knowledge of botanical nomenclature and the latest taxonomic literature

  • A strong track record in research as evidenced by peer-reviewed publications

  • Familiarity with phylogenetic systematics

  • Excellent communication and organizational skills

  • Ability to work independently as well as a part of a team in support of shared objectives

  • Proven ability to work on interdisciplinary projects not directly related to their training

  • Demonstrated experience in directing and coordinating complex research and development projects

  • Exposure to commonly used scripting languages used by biologists, such as R and Python

  • Basic experience in taxonomic and general data management including some familiarity with general bioinformatics formats such as JSON and XML

Education Requirements

Candidates should have a Ph.D. or equivalent from an accredited college in a biomedical science or related discipline.

Foreign Education
Applicants who have completed part or all their education outside of the United States must have their foreign education evaluated by an accredited organization to ensure that the foreign education is equivalent to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. We will only accept the completed foreign education evaluation. For more information on foreign education verification, visit the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) website. Verification must be received prior to the effective date of the appointment.

Salary and Benefits:

This non‐competitive appointment in the excepted service is like a federal full‐time position. Salary will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. A full package of benefits is available.

How to Apply

Interested individuals should send a copy of their CV with the names of three references along with a cover letter detailing experience developing and managing biological sequence‐related resources and evidence of engagement in external collaborations related to the curation, analysis, or display of biomedical data to ncbijobs@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Please include the announcement number, NLM4737-2023, in the cover letter. Do not include your birth date, social security number (SSN), or personal photograph on application materials.

Contact Information: Melissa M. Kopyto

HHS, NIH, and NLM are equal opportunity employers.

Position Title: Postdoctoral Researcher, Antiviruence Strategies in Algae
Posting date: 16 November 2023
Organization Name: New Mexico State University
Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
Application Deadline: rolling
Position Starts: February-March 2024

The Corcoran Lab at New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, NM) is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher. Research in the lab focuses on the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems, with an emphasis on microalgal biology and ecology. We conduct both foundational and applied research to address questions that support ecosystem management and sustainability. For more information on the lab see: http://www.corcoranalgaelab.com. The researcher will work on a DOE-funded project focused on developing and testing antivirulence strategies to protect algal crops from predation in the field. They will develop a database of antivirulence compounds that can be tested against pathogenic bacteria and annotate this database for compounds that can feasibly be deployed at commercial scale levels. Then, relying on pest models as well as mixed bacterial assemblages from field cultures, they will test compounds, combinations of compounds, and combinations of in iterative lab-field experiments to refine treatment strategies. For more information on the project, see: https://bit.ly/3tdO3hr. The researcher will work both independently and collaboratively with PIs, researchers, and students at NMSU and Arizona State University. Additional collaborative opportunities exist with researchers at Sandia National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

We are seeking a candidate who can collaborate to develop innovative solutions to technical challenges. The minimum qualifications for the position include:

  • a Ph.D. in biology, chemistry, or other relevant discipline,

  • experience in experimental design and execution, and

  • the ability to work effectively as a part of a team.

We are especially interested in researchers with:

  • experience cultivating microalgae and/or bacteria,

  • experience in bioinformatics and/or in working with large datasets,

  • a strong working knowledge of algal-bacteria interactions, and

  • experience with anti-virulence approaches.

This is a full-time position with benefits (health, dental, life, disability, and retirement plan). Continuing education opportunities are available in the lab and at the university. The postdoctoral researcher will be supported at least annually to travel to team meetings, academic conferences, and/or industrial conferences. The planned start date for the position is between February 1, 2024, and March 1, 2024, with support possible for 3 years. Although there are no citizenship requirements, the planned start date of the position may preclude international applicants that require visa sponsorship. If you are an international candidate who requires a visa, please check J1 visa appointment wait times at your local US embassy before applying, assuming that an offer may go out from NMSU during January.

The Corcoran Lab welcome all members regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, gender, orientation, age, or belief -- and we work to provide opportunities to those from groups that have historically been excluded. We commit to making the lab a trusting place to have complex and sometimes difficult conversations about diversity and inclusion; to implement education on unconscious bias; and to take specific actions to promote diversity and equity on our teams.

This position will be posted at https://jobs.nmsu.edu/ in late November 2023. To apply, please upload a single PDF that includes a cover letter, CV, and contact information for three professional references. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Please email acor@nmsu.edu with questions.

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