Senior Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental Microbiology (PREPARE-TID Project-GA No 101137132)

Job description

The Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) is a cutting-edge institute addressing global public health challenges through research, translation into policy and education. ISGlobal has a broad portfolio in communicable and non-communicable diseases including environmental and climate determinants, and applies a multidisciplinary scientific approach ranging from the molecular to the population level. Research is organized in five programs: Climate, Air Pollution, Nature and Urban Health; Environment and Health over the Lifecourse; Global Viral and Bacterial Infections; Malaria and Neglected Parasitic Diseases and Maternal Child and Reproductive Health. ISGlobal is accredited with the Severo Ochoa distinction, a seal of excellence of the Spanish Science Ministry. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR: ISGlobal is seeking a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher to take a leading role in the implementation and coordination of activities within the EU-funded project PREPARE-TID (Pipeline for Rapid Diagnostics of Emergency Transboundary Infectious Diseases). The overall project goal is to develop and deploy advanced molecular diagnostic and metagenomic tools for rapid detection and surveillance of e...