Job Information
- Organisation/Company: Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Girona Dr. Josep Trueta (IDIBGI-CERCA)
Offer Description
IDIBGI is looking for highly-motivated and ambitious researchers of any nationality interested in apply for postdoctoral fellowships in the Australia-Spain Network for Innovation and Research Excellence (AuSpire) is a postdoctoral training program offering fellowships focusing on planetary wellbeing. This program connects Spanish and Australian research communities, and outstanding researchers worldwide are invited to apply for industry-led positions.
Brief description of the Research Group (including URL if applicable)
The Nutrition, Eumetabolism and Health (NEH) research group is a consolidated group focused on the research pathophysiology of obesity, T2D, and their complications. In the last 5 years, NEH has participated in >130 scientific articles in prestigious journals. NEH group has made substantial contributions to elucidate the role of the gut microbiota in cognition and metabolic health, leading to 11 patents and publications in prestigious journals such as Cell Metab, Gut, or Nat Metab. NEH group has been WP leader of the ITN SMARTAGE and are continuously conducting supervision and evaluation of bachelor’s (Biomedical Engineering, Biology and Medicine), master’s (Master’s in Molecular Biology and Biomedicine), and PhD degree projects of Spanish Universities (i.e University of Girona (UdG), University of Barcelona), RMIT (Australia), University of Toulouse (France), being the supervisors of 28 doctoral theses.
The NEH group offers access to human cohorts (IRONMET, IRONMET+CGM, IRONmiRNA, METASUCC, GMBCROSSTALKFOOD, POINSETTIA). In addition, the NEH group counts with access to excellent IDIBGI research facilities:
- IDIBGI Biobank: It is the support platform for research responsible for the management of human biological samples and associated data for research. The Biobank comprises: The Central node, which integrates blood-derived samples and other fluids (urine, stool, etc.), and the Tumour Bank node, which includes samples of tumour tissue.
- Experimental Laboratory: The laboratory includes research facilities for molecular biology, enabling comprehensive miRNA analysis with equipment such as thermal cyclers, spectrophotometers, and automated genetic analysers.
- Drosophila “Fly Room” IDIBGI facility: The Drosophila laboratory is a fully equipped research facility designed for high-throughput host-microbiome interaction studies and behavioural assays in Drosophila melanogaster.
- The IDIBGI Ageing Program: Cross-cutting institutional program integrating two population-based cohorts to study aging and health across the life course, with clinical, biological, lifestyle, imaging, and omics data from over 3,800 participants in the Girona region.
Training and Mentoring Resources. The NEH group boasts extensive and proven experience in fostering scientific talent, demonstrating a clear multiplier effect in the research community.
Where to apply
Website: https://idibgi.org/treball/idibgi-pf1_position-2/
Requirements
Research Field: Biological sciences
Education Level: PhD or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications
- Proven capacity for both team-oriented and independent work.
- Strong communicative skills and ability to effectively integrate and synthesize complex scientific information.
- Extensive experience in academic writing, demonstrated by a track record of peer-reviewed publications (high impact factor) and presentations at international scientific congresses.
- Demonstrated experience working effectively in multidisciplinary research teams.
- Language Proficiency: Advanced level of English is mandatory. Native proficiency in Catalan and/or Spanish is highly desirable.
Specific Requirements
Requirements of the candidates: We are looking for outstanding researchers worldwide who currently hold a PhD and have not resided or carried out their main activity in Spain for more than 12 months over the last 3 years. Successful candidates will begin from June 2026.
Education and Background
- PhD degree in a relevant quantitative discipline such as Bioinformatics, Statistics, Mathematics, Data Engineering, or Biomedical Engineering.
- Prior training or a Master's degree in Omics Data Analysis, Bioinformatics, or Computational Biology is highly desirable.
Technical and Methodological Expertise
- Excellent background and demonstrable expertise in Systems Biology and Metabolism.
- Proven experience in analysing large-scale omics datasets (metabolomics, transcriptomics, and metagenomics) and their multimodal data integration.
- Advanced practical knowledge of statistical and programming packages is mandatory, including R, Python, and/or SQL.
- Extensive experience with advanced statistical techniques and algorithms, such as Machine Learning, Cluster Analysis, Survival Analysis, and Pattern Recognition Methods (e.g., for microbiome compositional data analysis).
- Familiarity with neuroimaging and computational tools like MATLAB, SPM, and FSL is a strong asset, given the focus on the Gut-Brain Axis.
- Ability to formulate experimental objectives and hypotheses and appropriately test them using sound statistical techniques.
- Relevant research experience in the project's thematic area will be highly valued.
Languages: ENGLISH
Level: Excellent
Internal Application form(s) needed: EOI_IDIBGI_AuSpire_Convocatoria2.pdf
Additional Information
Work Location(s)
Number of offers available: 1
Company/Institute: GIRONA BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE DR. JOSEP TRUETA (IDIBGI)
Country: Spain
State/Province: Girona
City: Salt
Postal Code: 17190
Contact
State/Province: GIRONA
City: SALT
Website: http://www.idibgi.org/
Street: C/Dr. Castany s/n, Parc Hospitalari Martí i Julià - Edicifi M2
Postal Code: 17190
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