About the Project
Antimicrobial resistance is, today, the most important health challenge world-wide.
We are a group of 10 young researchers looking for an enthusiastic candidate, that will adapt well to the laboratory. We work on Antimicrobial Resistance, from a molecular, ecological and One Health perspective. We aim to understand the genetic flux of antimicrobial resistance genes and plasmids in different ecological niches, including humans, animals and the environment. We have successfully participated in previous Marie-Sklodowska Curie ITN training programs, and are currently involved in several national, European and world-wide projects.
We can recruit any young researcher that has not yet finished his/her PhD. This includes young researchers that have just finished their Masters, young researchers that are about to defend their PhD, or young researchers that have worked in science but have no PhD. The candidate must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Spain for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the recruitment. Our laboratory is based at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, one of the largest Universities in Europe.
We will perform the same selection procedure as we have done before, as we are very happy with the candidates that we recruited. We will perform ten Skype interviews, and we’ll cover the costs to invite the last three candidates to spend a day in our laboratory in Madrid.
Our weekly lab meetings and discussions are held in English language, for which good English skills are important. It is our believe that, in a good atmosphere, we can do better science, for which adaptability, teamwork and involvement in your scientific subject and scientific career are essential.
The candidate will be involved in a project related to the ecology and evolution of plasmids using genomics (Illumina, Nanopore), transcriptomics and other –omic techniques. Adaptations of plasmids to new bacterial hosts will be tested. Further, in vitro and in vivo plasmid transfer, fitness and evolutionary experiments will elucidate the biological basis of plasmid spread and adaptation in the gut. Metagenomic analysis will be performed to identify the consequences of bacterial and/or plasmid colonization in the context of the microbiome.
The full contract of three years includes international training with the other 12 PhD candidates of the CARTNET project, Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance: a Training Network; http://cartnet.ku.dk/
For applications or questions please send an e-mail to Prof. Bruno Gonzalez-Zorn with a cv and two reference persons to: [Email Address Removed]
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