14 Postdoctoral Fellowship at Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

About Wageningen University & Research,  Netherlands 

Wageningen University & Research  is a public university in Wageningen, Netherlands, specializing in technical and engineering subjects and an important center for life sciences and agricultural research. It is located in a region of the Netherlands known as the Food Valley.

WUR consists of Wageningen University and the former agricultural research institute of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture. Wageningen University trains specialists (BSc, MSc and PhD) in life and social sciences and focuses its research on scientific, social and commercial problems in the field of life sciences and natural resources. It is widely known for its agriculture, forestry, and environmental studies programs. The university has about 12,000 students from over 100 countries. It is also a member of the Euroleague for Life Sciences (ELLS) university network.

WUR has been placed among the top 150 universities in the world by four major ranking tables. Wageningen has been voted the number one university in the Netherlands for fifteen consecutive years. The university is listed number 59 in the world by the Times Higher Education Ranking and the world’s best in agriculture and forestry by the QS World University Rankings 2016–2020.Wageningen University is ranked number one in the fields of plant/animal science, environment/ecology, and agricultural sciences by U.S. News & World Report. The university is widely regarded as the world’s top agricultural research institution.

Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands invites online Application for various Postdoctoral Fellowship in their different Departments. We are providing a list of Postdoc Fellowship positions available at Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands.

Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.

01, Postdoctoral Fellowship Position

Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title:  Researcher Biodiversity & Policy

Would you like to contribute to advancing knowledge on urgent social issues related to the green living environment? Do you have in-depth expertise in (Dutch) flora and fauna and enjoy conducting applied scientific research within a project-based organization? If so, we want to hear from you!

Deadline : 31 March 2025

Apply here: https://www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/researcher-biodiversity-policy.htm?

02, Postdoctoral Fellowship Position

Postdoc summary/title: Researcher sustainable pig nutrition

As a researcher in sustainable pig nutrition within the Animal Nutrition Department of Wageningen Livestock Research, you utilize your knowledge of nutrition and feeding strategies to mitigate climate change and nitrogen losses.
You engage in multidisciplinary research projects that focus on the role of animal nutrition in building a sustainable pig production sector in collaboration with our stakeholders. Depending on your expertise and interests, these projects may involve topics such as utilizing by-products as feed ingredients, reducing ammonia and methane emissions, understanding the importance of nutrition for manure quality, or improving animal health. Some projects result in confidential reports, while others lead to scientific papers as the final outcome.

Deadline : 13 April 2025

Apply here: https://www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/researcher-sustainable-pig-nutrition.htm?

03, Postdoctoral Fellowship Position

Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoc Comparative genomics and genome architecture in early-diverging fungi and their protist relatives (3-year position)

Are you excited about uncovering how genomes are organized in understudied branches of the tree of life? We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher for the duration of 3 years to join our team at Wageningen University & Research to study the genomes of early-diverging fungi and their non-fungal protist relatives (Holomycota). In this NWO-funded project, you will use cutting-edge computational approaches combined with experimental validation to investigate how these genomes get shaped and which proteins are involved in this fundamental process.

Deadline : 6 April 2025

04, Postdoctoral Fellowship Position

Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral researcher nutrition and gut-brain mechanisms in elderly

Are you an enthusiastic postdoctoral researcher who wants to study the effect of lifestyle on gut and immune health in elderly – and their connection with brain health? Then we are looking for you!

In this project, you will study the effects of lifestyle on gut health, including the intestinal microbiota and metabolites, as well as cardio-metabolic and immune health. Your research findings will be linked to brain health in collaboration with neuroscientists.

Deadline : 31 March 2025

05, Postdoctoral Fellowship Position

Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoc Genetics and Breeding of crops for marginal lands

Are you interested in exploring the genetic potential of plant species to contribute to a Circular Bioeconomy? Do you enjoy the challenge of applying (evolutionary) genetics approaches to unravel carbon partitioning in the plant and how does that influence biomass quality? Are you a highly motivated researcher with interest in developing the plants for marginal lands? Then this vacancy may be of interest to you.

Deadline : 24 March 2025

06, Postdoctoral Fellowship Position

Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoc position on computational (meta)genome mining for natural products

Microorganisms represent an untapped resource natural bioactive compounds that can be applied as medicines, crop protection agents and bio-based products to support the green transition. They also play key roles in adaptation to challenging environments as well as to (host-)microbiome interactions. In this project, you will develop and employ state-of-the-art computational omics strategies to mine microbiomes for biosynthetic pathways towards antimicrobials, antioxidants and polysaccharides with functions of both fundamental and applied interest. Specifically, you will develop and/or apply algorithms to predict structures/functions of metabolites and associated biosynthetic gene clusters, as well as to predict their ecological roles.

Deadline : 24 March 2025

07, Postdoctoral Fellowship Position

Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral researcher: ERC-funded project ‘Cytoplasmic Inheritance in Plants’

Are you passionate about cytoplasmic genetics in plants? Excited to uncover the mechanisms underlying the maternal inheritance of plastids and mitochondria? If so, we invite you to join our newly established Cytoplasmic Genetics Group at Wageningen University & Research (WUR).
We are currently seeking a postdoctoral researcher who is enthusiastic about contributing to the ERC-funded project: “Control of Cytoplasmic Inheritance in Plants”

Deadline : 7 April 2025

08, Postdoctoral Fellowship Position

Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Post Doc on Shaping shoreface sand nourishments to optimise biodiversity

We are looking for a Postdoctoral researcher in our team who has a passion for biodiversity research in coastal environments and who is keen to contribute to designing more eco-friendly shore face nourishments.

Sand nourishment is a widely used coastal management strategy to counteract coastal erosion. Currently, 10 million m3 of sand are added to the Dutch coast annually. These volumes will need to be further increased to offset the expected rates of sea level rise. While adding sand to the shoreface, the local biodiversity will be impacted, however, it also creates opportunities for organisms to colonise the new niches that have become available. Our team aims to establish how nourishments can be best designed to minimise the overall biodiversity loss by optimising new habitat creation for plants and macroinvertebrates both above and below water.

Deadline : 24 March 2025

09, Postdoctoral Fellowship Position

Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Researcher in in vitro and food toxicology

You will work as a researcher (in the research track of the Recognition & Rewarding system of WU) in the field of in vitro and food toxicology to strengthen the Toxicology chair group in the department of Agrotechnology & Food Sciences (AFSG) at WU. The position includes both research and teaching responsibilities. You will be responsible for co-developing and thereby maintaining our group’s strong research position in the field of in vitro  toxicology together with our tenured senior staff.
The Toxicology chair group’s research focusses on the development of next generation risk assessment (NGRA) approaches to characterise hazards, exposures and risks of chemicals in food and the environment. Your research contributes to our focus by developing novel molecular biomarkers of toxicity and advanced in vitro cell models. It is your ambition to translate the molecular perturbations in vitro to clinically relevant health outcomes in humans, also with the help of in silico approaches, and thus help shape the chemical safety assessments of the future.

Deadline : 24 March 2025

10, Postdoctoral Fellowship Position

Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Researcher in Molecular Biology and Bacterial Infections

Do you have a passion for research and want to contribute to the development of innovative methods for combating bacterial infectious diseases? Then we would like to get in contact with you!
As a researcher in molecular biology and Bacterial Infections at Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, you will play a key role in the development of innovative prevention strategies for bacterial infections in animals.
We use a multidisciplinary approach that brings together expertise in microbiology, patho-immunology, intracellular microorganisms, and zoonoses, both within our institute and in collaboration with external parties. Research with a One Health approach focuses on bacterial infections with zoonotic potential, aiming at prevention and transmission between different domains: animal, human, and the environment.

Deadline : Open Until Filled

11, Postdoctoral Fellowship Position

Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoc Understanding Asexual Embryo Development in Plants

You will participate in the ApoSoy project that is funded by the Foundation for Food and Agriculture’s Crops of the Future program. ApoSoy is a collaboration between seven academic groups and three private partners located in Europe and the U.S.A. Together, we aim to identify new genes that control the three major steps in asexual seed reproduction: apomeiosis, egg cell parthenogenesis and autonomous endosperm formation. Your role in the project is to evaluate novel candidate genes for their ability to promote egg cell parthenogenesis and to elucidate transcriptional networks that drive egg cell parthenogenesis. Arabidopsis and soybean will be used as the main model systems.

Deadline : 24 March 2025

12, Postdoctoral Fellowship Position

Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Post Doc on genome assemblies of four plant-parasitic species

The Laboratory of Nematology at Wageningen University & Research is seeking a motivated and curiosity-driven postdoctoral researcher to join the genomics team. You will be part of an interdisciplinary and collaborative team consisting of both experimentalists and bioinformaticians. In our research, we investigate various plant-parasitic nematode species that cause severe agricultural damage. We recently obtained funding for this research via an NWO VIDI grant, allowing us to deeply explore aspects of nematode genetics. In particular, we are looking at intra- and inter-species interactions. For this research we already have a vast collection of populations available.

As a PostDoc, you will work on genome assemblies of four plant-parasitic species. Datasets based on cutting-edge sequencing technologies (e.g. PacBio, Minion, Hi-C, but also Illumina sequencing) are available for these species. Your aim will be to generate multiple chromosome-level assemblies for these species, allowing deep exploration of the within-species genetic diversity. Furthermore, you will manage an international network to generate expert-driven genome annotations.

Deadline : 24 March 2025.

13, Postdoctoral Fellowship Position

Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: PostDoc Mineral Nutrition in Annual and Perennial crops

We are seeking a PostDoc to work in ongoing projects at the Plant Production Systems (PPS) chair group, related to perennial tree crops and annual food crops. We have funding secured for one year in the CocoaSoils project (www.cocoasoils.org) and other ongoing projects. These projects focus on improving productivity and resource use efficiency by optimizing fertilization rates on-station and in local farming conditions. Overarching questions are: how to quantify the influence of soil characteristics on crop yield, nutrient uptake and yield responses to fertilizer? How can we quantify and predict the effects of farmer management effects on soil nutrient supply, crop uptake and the yield response? How can we find simple proxies to assess productivity?

Deadline : 24 March 2025

14, Postdoctoral Fellowship Position

Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoc Eetwijzer Project

The Eetwijzer project is about to launch. In this project, we will implement Eetscore in various care pathways at Ziekenhuis Gelderse Vallei in Ede, Rijnstate Arnhem, and UMC Utrecht, in collaboration with the Alliance for Nutrition in Healthcare. Eetscore is an online tool that evaluates the quality of patients’ diets.

For this project, we are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to assess how Eetscore can best be integrated into hospitals and how healthcare professionals can use Eetscore to conduct lifestyle consultations or make referrals. Your work will involve focus groups, interviews, and literature research. Experience in implementation research is highly desirable.

Deadline : 10 March 2025

How To Apply 

click here: https://vacancyedu.com/14-postdoctoral-fellowship-at-wageningen-university-research-netherlands/

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