Postdoctoral Researcher in Metabarcoding Data Curation and Bioinformatics
Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ)
Germany
Apply by 22 Nov 2026
About This Opportunity
Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ) offers Postdoctoral Researcher in Metabarcoding Data Curation and Bioinformatics in Großbeeren, focused on metabarcoding data curation, microbiome databases and bioinformatics.
The Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops is recruiting a postdoc to improve the curation and reuse of metabarcoding and microbiome data within plant-microbe research. The role includes establishing computational workflows that make environmental sequence and associated metadata more comparable across studies. The source describes automation of literature or metadata extraction and harmonisation, compilation of 16S or related metabarcoding reference information, use of public sequence resources such as ENA or INSDC and development of reproducible bioinformatics datasets or pipelines. The research is connected with projects involving plant-associated microbes and large sample collections. A PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, microbiology or a suitable related discipline with demonstrable sequence-data processing experience is expected. The position is advertised at 80% of full-time, with an intended start around February 2027. Compensation or funding: TV-L E13 pay scale; 80% appointment, exact amount not disclosed. Stated appointment or programme length: Two years initially. Application timing: 22 November 2026 at 23:59 CET shown by AcademicPositions; institutional closing time not separately confirmed.
Potential Challenges / Who May Find It Less Suitable
Data harmonisation at scale requires careful record linkage, taxonomic consistency and reproducibility. This is primarily a bioinformatics/data-curation appointment, not exclusively a wet-lab experimental role.
Overall Opportunity Assessment
The research focuses on a concrete infrastructure need in microbiome science: transforming fragmented public metabarcoding datasets into coherent and reusable evidence.
Metabarcoding data curation, microbiome databases and bioinformatics
Level Postdoc
Time Commitment Part-time
Duration
Two years initially
Field Bioinformatics and Metabarcoding
Specialization Microbiology
Organization Type
Research Institute
Funding & Compensation
Amount Paid
Funding Type Salary
Funding Status Paid
Period Per Month
Requirements
Education
A PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, microbiology or a suitable related discipline with demonstrable sequence-data processing experience is expected.
Experience
Technical Skills Metabarcoding 16S rRNA Sequence metadata ENA / INSDC Bioinformatics pipelines
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