POSTDOCTORAL POSITION on microbial metagenomics in winter Fredericton, Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Fredericton, NB is looking for candidates for a post-doctoral fellowship position of 28 months. It is generally assumed that under winter conditions, nitrogen processes are negligible however the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide production can represent up to 70% of the annual nitrogen losses. There is scarce information as to how microbial communities change over winter and how they differ from summer communities. The project overall goal is to evaluate changes in denitrifier and nitrifier communities in agricultural fields over winter, determine possible environmental and edaphic factors controlling these communities and measure the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide emissions, denitrification and nitrification rate. The successful candidate will be working on a major collaborative initiative including university (Dr. David Burton, University of Dalhousie), and AAFC researchers (Dr. Bernie Zebarth (Fredericton) and Dr. Frank Larney (Lethbridge, AB)).
Applicants should have experience in next generation sequencing of microbial communities. Experience with denitrifier or nitrifier communities is not required; scientists with training in other soil communities i.e. bacterial and/or fungal from soil, sediment or water are welcome to apply. Knowledge of English is required. The candidate have to meet the criteria of the NSERC Visiting Fellowship in Canadian Government Laboratories Program (http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PD-NP/Laboratories- Laboratoires/index_eng.asp). Please send a resume to: Dr. Claudia Goyer ([email protected]), Potato Research Centre, AAFC, Fredericton, NB. Fax: (506) 460-4377.
