Postdoc on soil carbon and fauna - NIOO-KNAW - Wageningen

Soil carbon is crucial for climate change mitigation and serves as the primary resource for soil life. The current consensus in soil biogeochemistry is that microorganisms play a key role in soil carbon cycling, but the contribution of soil fauna is almost fully overlooked. In this research, we are investigating how the composition of the soil food web can influence carbon transfer from the plant to different pools of soil organic carbon.

With your expertise in soil ecology and chemistry, you will carry out laboratory analyses related to soil biota, stable isotopes, and soil carbon. You will also perform statistical analyses on existing datasets and write scientific publications. You will present your research at conferences and scientific meetings and have the opportunity to mentor more junior colleagues.

Medewerker facilitair - BB HuC

Als facilitair medewerker ben je het aanspreekpunt voor medewerkers van het Humanities Cluster. Je zorgt voor een fijne en veilige werkomgeving. Je geeft brede facilitaire ondersteuning bij evenementen en activiteiten van de instituten en je zorgt onder andere voor het beheer van de multifunctionals en de koffiemachines. Daarnaast ben je goed ingewerkt bij de drie recepties van het Humanities Cluster en vervang je de receptionisten tijdens hun pauze. Je bent inzetbaar op beide locaties van het Humanities Cluster, in onze 17e eeuwse panden in hartje Amsterdam (Korte Spinhuissteeg 3) en in Amsterdam Oost in het imposante gebouw van het IISG met 50 kilometer archief (Cruquiusweg 31). Je vindt het leuk om bij te dragen aan de bedrijfshulpverlening.

Je wordt onderdeel van de afdeling Facilities & Support van het bedrijfsbureau van het Humanities Cluster. Jouw thuisbasis is de locatie in de binnenstad, maar met enige regelmaat ben jij ook te vinden op het Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis in Amsterdam Oost.

Research Assistant on avian ecology - NIOO-KNAW - Wageningen

You will participate in the research activities underway in the Rowe Group. This work is primarily focused on understanding the ecological and evolutionary causes and consequences of variation in avian microbiomes. The role includes working in the laboratory, working with captive aviary birds, supporting the research team in sample and data management, and some fieldwork. In the lab, you will process microbiome samples for sequencing, perform immune assays, analyse avian sperm quality, and perform bacterial culturing. Additional lab assays may be included over the course of the project. Ideally you will also be involved in the optimisation of laboratory methodologies and developing best practices for analyses. The work with captive birds (house sparrows) includes the breeding and care of young birds, sampling of adult birds, and supporting work on the development of microbiome transplant techniques. For fieldwork, you will play a supporting role by helping to prepare for field expeditions and assisting with fieldwork for short periods (we anticipate fieldwork comprising around 20% of the workload). Fieldwork involves catching of wild house sparrows and will primarily take place in the Netherlands.

Call Visiting Fellowships KITLV

Call for Applications: KITLV Visiting Fellowships 2025 - 2026

The KITLV invites scholars working in the fields of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies to apply for a Visiting Fellowship.

Duration
Duration: 3 months

Eligibility
Candidates are invited to send in a proposal of the work they wish to carry out while at KITLV.

Fellows may work on a publication or research project of their own choice in the fields of Southeast Asian or Caribbean Studies. Applicants are not required to have an affiliation at a university or a research institute. They are, however, expected to have a steady income in the period of the Visiting Fellowship. The KITLV Visiting Fellowship is not a salaried position.

Postdoc - Hubrecht Institute - Utrecht

During every cell cycle, our cells need to accurately copy their DNA and chromatin organization. This process is essential for life, and when faulty, it leads to diseases, such as cancer. In this project we want to understand how cells copy their chromatin, and how this is affected in diseases.

The project is in collaboration with the laboratory of Prof. Nynke Dekker at the University of Oxford. The Postdoctoral fellow will use in vitro biochemical reconstitutions to characterize the interaction between key players in chromatin assembly during DNA replication, and their activity, which are established in the Mattiroli Lab. In collaboration with the Dekker lab, the fellow will use single-molecule imaging to unravel the kinetic parameters of these mechanisms. The postdoctoral fellow will benefit from the existing biochemical and biophysical expertise established in the Mattiroli and Dekker labs in carrying out experiments while independently contributing to the development of new biochemical assays in the field of chromatin dynamics and replication. Expertise in structural biology and cell-based assays is established in the Mattiroli lab to complement the research, and these approaches could be used to further expand the project. The project will be highly collaborative, with access to expertise from both groups, and with the possibility to spend time in Oxford. The successful candidate will work in motivating and ambitious environments, with access to top-class facilities.