DC– UAntwerp; Antwerp, Belgium): Tracking differences in gastrointestinal metabolism of olive
Listed on 2026-01-01
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Research/Development
Data Scientist, Clinical Research -
Healthcare
Data Scientist, Clinical Research
Location: Town of Belgium
Biological sciences » Nutritional sciences
Chemistry » Analytical chemistry
Pharmacological sciences » Pharmacy
Medical sciences » Health sciences
Organisation/Company University of Antwerp Department Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Field Biological sciences » Nutritional sciences Chemistry » Analytical chemistry Pharmacological sciences » Pharmacy Medical sciences » Health sciences Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions PhD Positions Country Belgium Final date to receive applications 31 Jan 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Brussels) Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 40 Offer Starting Date 1 May 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Horizon Europe - MSCA Marie Curie Grant Agreement Number Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Host institution: Natural Products & Food Research and Analysis – Pharmaceutical Technology (NatuRAPT), University of Antwerp, Belgium
The University of Antwerp
(UAntwerp) is the third-largest university in Flanders (Belgium) with about 21,000 students and 6,400 staff members. Founded in 2003, after the merger of three smaller universities, it is a young university now organised into nine faculties and 15 Centres of Excellence. UAntwerp is characterised by its high standards in education, internationally competitive research and entrepreneurial approach. UAntwerp was awarded the “Human Resources Excellence in Research” label in 2013.
The
Natural Products & Food Research and Analysis – Pharmaceutical Technology (NatuRAPT) research group has unique expertise in the areas of medicinal plants, nutraceuticals, and pharmaceutical analysis. It has managed over 70 projects on the isolation and identification of biologically active substances from medicinal plants and food supplements, the development and validation of analytical methods, and the evaluation of the health effects of herbal medicinal products and functional foods.
General information for Bio Transform job applications
“Bio Transform – Mapping the Uncharted Human Metabolism for Novel Food Bioactives” ( (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). ) is an MSCA (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions) Doctoral Network, consisting of 9 education and research entities in Belgium, Austria, Greece, Ireland and the UK, additionally including the participation of 7 associated partners. It is coordinated by the research group “Natural Products & Food Research and Analysis – Pharmaceutical Technology (NatuRAPT), University of Antwerp (Belgium).
Bio Transform is a multidisciplinary doctoral network aiming to investigate the role of health promoting constituents found in food products (food bioactives - FB), focusing on their metabolism. Even though the role of the gut microbiome is nowadays considered imperative in health homeostasis and disease prevention, the available information regarding gut microbiome-driven FB biotransformations after food intake remains scarce and highly unexplored even regarding common food products.
Thus, the goal of Bio Transform is to combine state-of-the-art methods, technologies and approaches in a complementary and integrated way to reveal the role of metabolism in the digestive tract, and the impact of FB and their metabolites (biotransformation products) on health and disease. To this end, human pilot studies, in vitro and in silico metabolism simulation methods, gut microbiome sequencing, metabolite profiling and metabolomics will be employed.
Metabolites will be biologically profiled through biochemical and cell-based assays. In Bio Transform, the metabolism of olive and bilberry FB (secoiridoids, phenols and polyphenols), which are European flagship food products with proven activity in metabolism-related pathologies, will be systematically investigated.
The Bio Transform objectives will be accomplished through 11 complementary doctoral projects.
Bio Transform will recruit 11 enthusiastic, talented and driven doctoral candidates (DCs) who are highly motivated to become interdisciplinary and competent researchers and professionals in the area of health and food science.All recruited fellows will be enrolled…
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