<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">From: =?windows-1252?Q?Claudia_</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Goyer?= <</span><a href="mailto:claudia.goyer@AGR.GC.CA" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">claudia.goyer@AGR.GC.CA</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Subject: Postdoctoral position in microbial metagenomics in winter</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">POSTDOCTORAL POSITION on microbial metagenomics in winter</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Fredericton, Canada</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Fredericton, NB is looking for=20=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">candidates for a post-doctoral fellowship position of 28 months. It is=20=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">generally assumed that under winter conditions, nitrogen processes are=20=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">negligible however the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide production can=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">represent up to 70% of the annual nitrogen losses. There is scarce=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">information as to how microbial communities change over winter and how=20=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">they differ from summer communities. The project overall goal is to=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">evaluate changes in denitrifier and nitrifier communities in agricultural=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">fields over winter, determine possible environmental and edaphic factors=20=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">controlling these communities and measure the greenhouse gas nitrous oxid=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">e=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">emissions, denitrification and nitrification rate. The successful=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">candidate will be working on a major collaborative initiative including=20=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">university (Dr. David Burton, University of Dalhousie), and AAFC=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">researchers (Dr. Bernie Zebarth (Fredericton) and Dr. Frank Larney=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">(Lethbridge, AB)).=20=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Applicants should have experience in next generation sequencing of=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">microbial communities. Experience with denitrifier or nitrifier=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">communities is not required; scientists with training in other soil=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">communities i.e. bacterial and/or fungal from soil, sediment or water are=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">welcome to apply.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Knowledge of English is required. The candidate have to meet the criteria=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">of the NSERC</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Visiting Fellowship in Canadian Government Laboratories Program=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">(</span><a href="http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PD-NP/Laboratories-Laboratoires/index_eng.asp" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PD-NP/Laboratories-<br>
Laboratoires/index_eng.asp</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">).</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Please send a resume to: Dr. Claudia Goyer (</span><a href="mailto:claudia.goyer@agr.gc.ca" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">claudia.goyer@agr.gc.ca</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">),=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Potato Research Centre, AAFC, Fredericton, NB. Fax: </span><a href="tel:%28506%29%20460-4377" value="+15064604377" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">(506) 460-4377</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">.=20</span><br>
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