Assistant professor of Biology
Your jobAt the Laboratory of Systems and Synthetic Biology (SSB) at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) we are looking for a new colleague to complement our data analysis and data and model integration group and to contribute to our teaching portfolio. Will you join us?
Tenure Track is a career path for scientists who pursue to excel in education and research. We seek to attract scientific talent and to stimulate and support their development. Who are we? We are a dynamic multidisciplinary group where physicists, mathematicians, (bio)chemists, biologists and microbiologists work together on a diverse portfolio of multidisciplinary projects, both theoretical and experimental, ranging from microbial metabolism and its regulation, microbe-microbe interaction, microbial-host interactions, design of microbial communities and systems health applications for both human and animals. The group organizes and teaches courses in several study programmes, including a successful MSc programme in Bioinformatics & Systems Biology, and in various graduate school programmes and in national and international initiatives. Currently the group consists of one full professor, 2 associate professors, 3assistant professors (Tenure-track), two lecturers, 3 technicians and 15 PhD students and BSc and Master students. The group has its own computer cluster, and it is staffed with a data steward and a scientific programmer to support both routine and scientific activities. In addition, you will have access to FAIR data management infrastructures for omics datasets through the FAIR data platform in the UNLOCK infrastructure. Finally, we also have a fully equipped experimental molecular biology laboratory. We believe that AI and Machine/Deep learning can be complemented with statistical and mathematical modelling to arrive at a systems level description and understanding of complex biological systems and problems. For this reason, we are looking for a new, dynamic and enthusiast colleague to join our computational team and to have fun while doing great science with us!
Your qualities
We offer youWageningen University & Research offers excellent terms of employment. A few highlights from our Collective Labour Agreement include:
Wageningen University & Research encourages internal advancement opportunities and mobility with an internal recruitment policy. There are plenty of options for personal initiative in a learning environment, and we provide excellent training opportunities. We are offering a unique position in an international environment with a pleasant and open working atmosphere. You are going to work at the greenest and most innovative campus in Holland, and at a university that has been chosen as the “Best University” in the Netherlands for the 19th consecutive time. Coming from abroad Wageningen University & Research is the university and research centre for life sciences. The themes we deal with are relevant to everyone around the world and Wageningen, therefore, has a large international community and a lot to offer to international employees. Our team of advisors on Dutch immigration procedures will help you with the visa application procedures for yourself and, if applicable, for your family. Feeling welcome also has everything to do with being well informed. Wageningen University & Research's International Community page contains practical information about what we can do to support international employees and students coming to Wageningen. Furthermore, we can assist you with any additional advice and informationabout for example helping your partner to find a job, housing, or schooling. Finally, certain categories of international staff may be eligible for a tax exemption on a part of their salary during the first five years in the Netherlands.
Do you want more information?For more information about this position, please contact Dr Edoardo Saccenti, Associate Professor, e-mail: edoardo.saccenti@wur.nl
Wageningen University & Research (WUR) employs a large number of people with very different backgrounds and qualities, who inspire and motivate each other. We want every talent to feel at home in our organisation and be offered the same career opportunities. We therefore especially welcome applications from people who are underrepresented at WUR. A good example of how WUR deals with inclusiveness can be read on the page working at WUR with a functional impairment.
We areThe mission of Wageningen University & Research is “To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life”. Under the banner Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen University and the specialised research institutes of the Wageningen Research Foundation have joined forces in contributing to finding solutions to important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment. With its roughly 30 branches, 7,600 employees (6,700 fte) and 13,100 students and over 150,000 participants to WUR’s Life Long Learning, Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading organisations in its domain. The unique Wageningen approach lies in its integrated approach to issues and the collaboration between different disciplines.
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