The potential for conflicts arising from the interactions between MGEs (Mobile Genetic Elements) and bacteria has driven the evolution of sophisticated defense mechanisms to filter, tame, or inactivate these elements. Several bacterial defense systems (termed the defensome) revealing two major groupings based on their components and modes of action: innate (non-specific) and adaptive immune systems.
Such findings have been mainly conducted in bacterial species from reference genome databases (e.g., NCBI RefSeq) that are known to represent acute and or common human pathogens and organisms that can largely be cultivated in laboratory.
Calling all eligible candidates having a strong interest in working in the integration, interpretation and visualization of large biological datasets. With proficiency in UNIX-Linux shell is expected as well as proficiency in at least one of the following programming languages (R/Bioconductor, Python, Perl, C++). Experience in working on high-performance computing/cluster platforms will be a plus. The candidate will benefit from a highly dynamic and interdisciplinary environment, including biologists, microbiologists, computer scientists, and bioinformaticians.
The M2 contract is expected to start in January-February 2025.
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