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Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Metabarcoding Data Curation and Bioinformatics Leibniz Institute for Horticultural Sciences in Germany
Degree Level
Postdoc
Field of study
Computer Science
Funding
Fixed-term postdoctoral post for two years, paid according to TV-L up to pay scale 13 at 80% of regular working hours.
Deadline
Nov 22, 2026
Country
Germany
University
Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops
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About this position
This postdoctoral project is based in the Plant-Microbe Systems research group at the Leibniz Institute for Horticultural Sciences (IGZ) in Großbeeren, Germany. The position sits within the DFG-funded collaborative project Multi-level Corpus for Microbial Ecology (MuCoME), which is designed to turn the Microbial Community Database (MiCoDa) into a larger, AI-ready resource for microbial metabarcoding research.
The work focuses on expanding and improving the curation infrastructure for metabarcoding data, especially 16S rRNA sequence data and associated metadata. The project aims to extract and harmonise information from unstructured publication metadata, curate and standardise archived data, and support the growth of MiCoDa to a much larger corpus. The researcher will work with partners at the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IOW) in Warnemünde and Hochschule Wismar, contributing to a consortium-oriented effort with links to broader biodiversity and microbiota data initiatives.
The role is strongly research- and data-intensive, combining bioinformatics, microbial ecology, and database curation. The successful candidate will compile reference datasets from INSDC resources and literature searches, develop automated curation and harmonisation workflows, and help improve public access to metabarcoding resources through the project’s data infrastructure. The post also involves scientific publication, conference presentation, and communication with the European Nucleotide Archive.
Supervision and scientific contact are provided by Dr. Stephanie Jurburg. The advertised environment is an established horticultural research institute with an interdisciplinary and international team, and the project connects the postdoctoral researcher to data-focused collaborations across microbiology, biodiversity informatics, and microbial ecology.
Funding details
Fixed-term postdoctoral post for two years, paid according to TV-L up to pay scale 13 at 80% of regular working hours.
What's required
Completed PhD in bioinformatics or a related natural science field; experience in bioinformatic analysis of 16S rRNA metabarcoding data (e.g. dada2) and working with public sequence archives (ENA/INSDC); experience with statistical analyses, ideally mixed-effects models, and high-performance computing environments; programming skills in R and/or Python, ideally with workflow management experience; fluent English is required and German is an advantage; the candidate should be open, flexible, positive, and able to work in an interdisciplinary, international team while taking initiative.
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Email a complete application as a single PDF to [email protected]. Include a motivation letter, CV, academic certificates, the contact details of two references, and your earliest possible starting date.
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