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in January 2025. The overarching goal is to identify the key factors controlling microbe-mediated carbon storage in the ocean, with a focus on using model microbial systems in the lab. We specialize in
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the ocean, with a focus on using model microbial systems in the lab. VIB is an entrepreneurial non-profit research institute across 5 universities with a strong track record of translating scientific
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). Team player and great collaborator Strong interest in interdisciplinary work at the interface between dementia/ neurodegeneration, modeling, and machine learning Prior experience in deep learning, or/and
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training data. You will unravel the cis-regulatory code controlling context-dependent gene expression and use this information to design synthetic promoters. You will train and evaluate predictive models in
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intervention trials (e.g., diet, FMT), and ex vivo gut models enabling advanced multi-omics analyses of these samples. In addition the lab also maintains a large culture collection, partially linked to genomic
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critical roles of ion channels—particularly the TRP superfamily—in physiological and pathological processes. Our interdisciplinary approach spans from foundational electrophysiology to translational models
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the fundamental aspects of transcriptional control, this project also opens new avenues for the design of climate-resilient crops. Supported by single-cell profiling and predictive artificial intelligence models
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-scale screens to study fundamental principles in molecular and complex trait genetics using microbes as model systems. Our core technology MAGESTIC (https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.4137 ), a CRISPR/Cas9-based
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project that combines cutting-edge approaches including state-of-the-art imaging techniques, pluripotent stem cell models, in vivo mouse models of neurological disorders, drug (brain) delivery and nanobody
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temperature signalling in plants, such as the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana and the crop plants wheat and soybean. To unravel this, we focus on dynamic changes in protein phosphorylation status, since