Researcher in Environmental DNA (ref 258877)

Organisation/Company

University of Oslo

Research Field

Environmental science

Researcher Profile

Established Researcher (R3)

Country

Norway

Application Deadline

17 Mar 2024 – 23:00 (Europe/Oslo)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

37.5

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

We are seeking a researcher as part of the European Biodiversa+ funded project METAPLANTCODE: Harmonizing plant metabarcoding pipelines in Europe to support monitoring activities. This consortium encompasses partners from 10 European countries. The project runs from April 2024 to March 2027. Currently, two out of five plant species are threatened with extinction, which affects many other organisms. Plant metabarcoding, including analyzing environmental DNA, is currently not standardized, preventing high-throughput large-scale analyses. METAPLANTCODE will harmonize best practices for metabarcoding of plants collected across Europe to accelerate species monitoring and integrate biodiversity data. Existing pipelines for species identification are standardized and linked to reference databases.

Best practices on FAIR data publishing will be incorporated in the GBIF and INSDC websites. ELIXIR-compatible DL-models will be implemented in novel tools. We are seeking a researcher to coordinate biodiveristy monitoring use-cases in METAPLANTCODE. The aim is to standardize species identification through links with (inter)national checklists, red lists, floras, and the Catalogue of Life. Literature will be semantically enriched with new entity recognition modules. A newly built interface will link taxonomic names and facilitate conversion. Knowledge transfer to species organizations will occur in workshops.

For more information and how to apply: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/258877/researcher-in-environmental-dna

Requirements

Research Field

Environmental science

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Additional Information
Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

https://www.nhm.uio.no/english/index.html

Country

Norway

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/258877/researcher-in-environment…

Contact

City

Oslo

Website

http://www.uio.no/english/

Street

PO box 1072 Blindern

Postal Code

NO-0316

E-Mail

[email protected]
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STATUS: EXPIRED