Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology 2024

A great opportunity to join us in Tucson! We can support one application.

The 2024 Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology are now open for submissions. If you are interested in working with us in Tucson, this is an excellent way to fund your work here!

We have several projects related to marine microbes that might be a fit for a postdoc, including:

1. Energy limitation in marine Thalassospira and/or Roesovarius. This project would include applying chemostat-based cultivation, genomics, and other -’omic approaches to robustly growing marine microbes.

2. Isolation of microbes from marine sediments. We are developing methods to culture a broader array of microbes from soils and sediment communities relative to traditional methods. This would be an excellent project for postdocs with interest or experience in genomics, and metagenomics (including MAG assembly) looking to learn microbial cultivation skills.

3. Characterization and further inquiry into a variety of coastal sediment enrichments. We set up a series of experiments that have produced an array of enrichments of assorted bacterial and archaeal taxa. Some enrichments contain high relative abundances of novel microbial taxa.

4. Your independent ideas. We are interested in bringing in postdocs who both bring fresh perspectives to our group and are interested in learning new skills from us.

   

The Carini Lab can sponsor one application for this fellowship. If you are interested in us sponsoring your work, send the following by March 31 to Dr. Carini (paulcarini@arizona.edu):

1. A summary of your dissertation research. (1/2 page limit).

2. A summary of your longer-term career goals. (1/2 page limit)

3. Which project you are interested in (listed above, or your own project), and why you are interested in joining our group. (1/2 page limit)

4. A copy of your CV

We will review these applications and make a decision about which one to support shortly thereafter. Final applications are due to the Simons Foundation on May 7.