2-year postdoc position in Strategies to improve health and immune function in pigs

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Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Aarhus University, invites highly qualified applicants for a 2-year postdoc position from 1 June 2024 or soon thereafter, focusing on impact of UV-light in the barn environment and on pig health and immune function.

We seek a candidate with a strong background in pig gastrointestinal microbial ecology and the interface between gut microbiota and the host. The candidate must have interest in investigating the impact of different strategies to improve the pig’s robustness to disease, specifically in the period around weaning.

Experience in conducting pig experiments is a prerequisite, and the candidate must have a track-record within feed, gut microbiota and host.

The candidate must have good collaborative and English communication skills.

The candidate will be part of an active and dynamic research group, which is internationally recognized for its research in nutrition and gut microbiology and health. Read more about the research unit ‘Gut and host health’ here


Qualifications for a postdoc position


  • Academic qualifications at PhD level in animal or veterinary sciences
  • Research experience in gut microbial ecology and health
  • Experience in conducting studies with pigs  
  • Significant skills within bioinformatics and statistics to analyse microbiome data 
  • Significant skills in laboratory analyses within molecular biology and microbiology
  • Significant skills in analysis of experimental data and scientific communication of research results
  • For non-Scandinavian candidates, an effort to learn to read, write and speak Danish is a requirement.


Contact information

Further information on the position may be obtained from.
Senior Researcher Nuria Canibe tel.: +45 2243 1778, email: nuria.canibe@anivet.au.dk
Head of Research Unit, Professor Knud Erik Bach Knudsen, phone: +45 2064 7598, email: knuderik.bachknudsen@anivet.au.dk


Place of work and area of employment 


The place of work is the Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, AU Viborg, Blichers Allé 20, DK-8830 Tjele, and the area of employment is Aarhus University (AU) with related departments. 
 


Application procedure

Shortlisting is used. This means that after the deadline for applications – and with the assistance from the assessment committee chairman, and the appointment committee if necessary, – the head of department selects the candidates to be evaluated. All applicants will be notified whether or not their applications have been sent to an expert assessment committee for evaluation. The selected applicants will be informed about the composition of the committee, and each applicant is given the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment that concerns him/her self. Once the recruitment process is completed a final letter of rejection is sent to the deselected applicants.


Letter of reference


If you want a referee to upload a letter of reference on your behalf, please state the referee’s contact information when you submit your application. We strongly recommend that you make an agreement with the person in question before you enter the referee’s contact information, and that you ensure that the referee has enough time to write the letter of reference before the application deadline.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to ensure that letters of reference received after the application deadline will be taken into consideration.


Formalities and salary range


Technical Sciences refers to the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Danish Universities under the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.

The application must be in English and include a curriculum vitae, degree certificate, a complete list of publications, a statement of future research plans and information about research activities, teaching portfolio and verified information on previous teaching experience (if any). Guidelines for applicants can be found here.

Appointment shall be in accordance with the collective labour agreement between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. Further information on qualification requirements and job content may be found in the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Danish Universities.

Salary depends on seniority as agreed between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Confederation of Professional Associations.

Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants.

Research activities will be evaluated in relation to actual research time. Thus, we encourage applicants to specify periods of leave without research activities, in order to be able to subtract these periods from the span of the scientific career during the evaluation of scientific productivity.

Aarhus University offers a broad variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including relocation service and career counselling to expat partners. Read more here. Please find more information about entering and working in Denmark here.

Aarhus University also offers a Junior Researcher Development Programme targeted at career development for postdocs at AU. You can read more about it here.

The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.

 


Aarhus University

Aarhus University is an academically diverse and research-intensive university with a strong commitment to high-quality research and education and the development of society nationally and globally. The university offers an inspiring research and teaching environment to its 38,000 students (FTEs) and 8,300 employees, and has an annual revenues of EUR 935 million. Learn more at www.international.au.dk/

INFORMATIONER OM STILLINGEN:

- Arbejdspladsen ligger i:

Viborg Kommune

-Virksomheden tilbyder:

-Arbejdsgiver:

Aarhus Universitet, Blichers Allé 20, 8830 Tjele

-Ansøgning:

Ansøgningsfrist: 20-02-2024; - ansøgningsfristen er overskredet

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