Postdoctoral Position in Zoology - Eastern Cape
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- Open to South Africans, permanent residents or international researchers (need to hold or obtain a SAQA accreditation). At equal qualifications, skills and experience, preference will be given to South African citizens and/or women (as per UFH employment policy).
- Successful applicants may not hold full-time salaried employment during the fellowship.
- Applicants should have a PhD in Zoology/Genetics (or related field) obtained within the last 5 years.
- Excellent academic record with demonstrated ability to publish in high-impact factor journals as corresponding/lead author.
- Experience in presenting research at national and/or international conferences (oral presentations).
- Data analysis will require an extensive knowledge of multivariate statistics of metagenomic analysis, and R programming skills to analyse the generated data.
- Lab work will require advanced knowledge of genetics methodologies involving dietary analysis using faecal samples (i.e. species identification, sex identification and DNA metabarcoding) and/or population genetics using hair/tissue samples.
- Knowledge of metagenomic methods in general is important, specifically the laboratory preparation of samples (DNA extraction to library preparation for high-throughput sequencing of targeted amplicons) and a solid understanding of metagenomic data analysis methods.
- An added advantage would be experience with the Oxford Nanopore sequencing technologies.
- Publish a minimum of 3 peer-reviewed research articles per annum in DHET accredited journals.
- Assist with supervision of post-graduate students on campus (lab and statistical analyses, write-up).
- Participate in other research activities as delegated.
- Present research at local conferences (funding-dependent).
- R300 000 per annum.
- The fellowship is available for a period of one year, renewable up to a total of 3 years, subject to satisfactory performance.
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