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Organisation/Company UNIVERSIDAD DE BURGOS Department ICCRAM Research Field Biological sciences Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Established Researcher (R3) Positions Postdoc Positions Country Spain Application Deadline 5 Sep 2025 - 15:00 (Europe/Madrid) Type of Contract To be defined Job Status Full-time Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe (other) Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
2. Research Project and/or Area:
The candidate is required for the Environmental Biotechnology research line, particularly in projects related to Soil Health and Remediation, as the Phy2Shine project.
The PHY2SHINE (Microbial-Assisted PHYTOremediation for Effective Removal of Persistent Organic Pollutants: SHeddINg light on the synergistic Effect of Soil-Plant Microbial Biosystems) project focuses on improving microbial-assisted phytoremediation to address Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) such as HCH-isomers and certain PAHs like benzo[a]pyrene and pyrene. These pollutants are toxic, slow to degrade, and accumulate in the environment, posing risks to ecosystems and human health. The project explores how plant-microbe interactions—especially using Miscanthus sp., a promising non-food crop can enhance pollutant degradation and soil health. PHY2SHINE aim to use advanced tools including multi-omics to understand the soil-microbiome-plant interaction to increase the pollutant biodegradation but also to understand the enhancement of soil.
Other projects related to Phy2shine within the Horizon Europe research programme:
* PHYBI: PHYtomanagement as a sustainable feedstock source of lignocellulosic-based high value BIo-based products for textile applications.
* BIOREM: Systems Biology, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced BiOtechnology Approaches to Improve Soil BioREMediation
* BIOSYSMO: BIOremediation systems exploiting SYnergieS for improved removal of Mixed pOllutants (BIOSYSMO).
3. Candidate Requirements:
A background in Biotechnology, Biology, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, or related fields is required. We are looking for ambitious researcher with the following expertise:
* Expert in Rhizosphere Systems.
* Expert in Soil Microbiome.
* Expert in Soil-Plant Microbiome interaction.
* Knowledge in Computational Biology, bioinformatic, metabolic modelling.
* Knowledge in plant physiology.
* Good level of English.
4. What we offer:
* The selected candidate will join the ICCRAM-EST group to actively participate in the PHY2SHINE project and other ongoing research lines working at international level with other institutions.
* Collaborative, multidisciplinary and international work environment.
* Access to cutting-edge technology necessary to perform the research.
5. Application Deadline:
September 5, 2025
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