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Researcher for Skin Microbiome Studies
Interested applicants should send a letter of motivation, CV, certified copy of highest degree, and the contact details of three references to:
Prof Marla Trindade (Tuffin), Acting Director of IMBM, UWC.
Website: www.imbm.co.za
E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Application closing date: 25 September 2014.
Position available as of 1 November 2014.
Associate Professor Position IMBM, UWC
Post Graduate Research Positions for 2014, IMBM
Next generation sequencing and bioinformatics courses
After our successful introductory course to next generation sequencing and bioinformatics held at SANBI at the University of the Western Cape in April 2012 in conjunction with IMBM and Roche Diagnostics we are happy to announce that we are running this course again this year along with two advanced courses.
€9m EU-project on deep-sea organisms started
The University of the Western Cape is partner of a large-scale, four-year project launched in October 2012 called PharmaSea funded by the EU. The UWC team is led by Prof Marla Tuffin, Acting Director of the Institute for Microbial Biotechnology and Metagenomics (IMBM), and in collaboration with Prof Michael Davies-Coleman.The collaborative project PharmaSea will bring European researchers to some of the deepest, coldest and hottest places on the planet. Scientists from the UK, Belgium, Norway, Spain, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Denmark will work together to collect and screen samples of mud and sediment from huge, previously untapped, oceanic trenches. The large-scale, four-year project is backed by more than €9.5 million of EU funding and brings together 24 partners from 14 countries from industry, academia and non-profit organisations.
The Institute for Microbial Biotechnology and Metagenomics (IMBM)
The Institute for Microbial Biotechnology and Metagenomics (IMBM), a research unit based within the Department of Biotechnology at the University of the Western Cape is seeking suitable candidates to fill several MSc, PhD and Post Doctoral positions available on offer for 2013. Projects available and further information is detailed in the brochure attached.
General inquiries can be forwarded to Professor Marla Tuffin, Acting Director: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..