Metatranscriptomics

…long- and short-read metagenomics with metatranscriptomics, resolves strain diversity using statistical models, and supports predictive models of natural soils and synthetic microbial communities. The full-time appointment lasts three years, with extension dependent on funding and performance. Salary is £39,000–£42,150 at postdoctoral level or £47,450–£52,560 at senior level; senior appointment requires substantial metagenomics and research-leadership experience.

Doctoral position with Dr. Thomas Reinthaler in the Marine Microbial Biogeochemistry group, Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, within the FWF-funded project “Variability of Ecologically Relevant Bacterioneuston (VERA)”, carried out with the University of Oldenburg. The project asks which bacteria are active in the sea-surface microlayer at the ocean–atmosphere boundary, how they vary over a seasonal cycle and along an Atlantic transect, and which traits let taxa such as SAR11 and Roseobacteraceae thrive there. It combines single-cell activity measurements