Program Fellow Position at the Moore Foundation in Symbiosis

Cool-sounding program fellow position at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation working on symbiosis.   Text from the job posting below: Program Fellow, Science The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s science program supports exceptional scientists, invests in new technologies, and brings together new scientific partnerships. We believe in the inherent value of science and the sense …

Caporaso Lab is hiring a software engineer to work on QIIME and scikit-bio

Now that QIIME 2 is officially funded (see my recent announcement here on the American Gut Blog), the Caporaso Lab at Northern Arizona University is hiring a new full-time developer to work on QIIME, scikit-bio, An Introduction to Applied Bioinformatics, and our many on-going microbiome analysis projects. The official job posting is available here, and you can …

Job opportunity of the month: Director, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, NIAID

Well, I am posting this here since I am hoping that they get a really really good person for this job and perhaps someone who thinks about the built environment along with microbes and infectious disease.  NIAID – the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Disease has a new job ad: Director, Division of Microbiology …

Magic in the Water

The essayist, philosopher and literary naturalist Loren Eiseley has been famously quoted for saying “If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water…” There is no better place to explore the magic than an aquarium.   Today’s molecular microbiology capabilities go way beyond the ability to satisfy our scientific curiosity. They enable …

Microbial Ecosystem Ecologist at Colorado State University

Position Announcement Colorado State University Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability POSITION: Assistant Professor, Microbial Ecosystem Ecology DESCRIPTION: Tenure track, 9-month academic faculty position The Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability at Colorado State University (CSU) invites applications for a tenure track faculty position in Microbial Ecosystem Ecology at the rank of assistant professor. We …

Post doc opportunity: urban methane dynamics

Of possible interest: Dear Colleagues- Please forward this to lists within your institution and to individuals who may be interested: We seek an outstanding individual to contribute to a collaboration between Google, the Environmental Defense Fund and Colorado State University that is having direct impact on the amount of methane being emitted from cities. In …

Job posting: 4 year NERC freshwater eDNA PDRA

Just saw a posting about this on Twitter by Simon Creer and thought it might be of interest.   4 year NERC freshwater eDNA PDRA now recruiting! Understanding the ecological relevance of eDNA in freshwater lotic ecosystems (NERC Highlight Topic funding) We are looking for a dynamic researcher to fulfil a leading role in a …