Plasmid tracking and characterization of Enterobacterales, One Health approach

Organisation/Company Università di Pavia Research Field Medical sciences » Other Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Leading Researcher (R4) First Stage Researcher (R1) Established Researcher (R3) Country Italy Final date to receive applications 16 Jan 2026 - 12:00 (UTC) Type of Contract To be defined Job Status Not Applicable Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

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The research associated with this assignment will focus on the identification and characterization of conjugative resistance and virulence plasmids in isolates from clinical, animal, and environmental settings. The presence of additional mobile elements, such as transposons, insertion sequences, and pathogenicity islands, will also be investigated. The research will involve the use of bioinformatics pipelines to analyze sequences obtained from Pac Bio and/or Nanopore sequencing, and the management of phylogenetic analyses comparing international plasmids, in order to identify the spread pathways of mobile elements globally and across different ecological niches

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The selections are open to candidates, Italian or foreigner, in possession, on the date of the deadline for submitting applications for the admission to the selection, of a research doctorate (PhD) or equivalent qualification obtained abroad, or, for the sectors concerned, a medical specialization qualification. The educational qualification has to concern the research theme.

Further specific assessable qualifications (see Art. 1 par. 1 Call for applications):

• At least two years of continuous research experience at foreign institutions.
• National Scientific Qualification (Tier II) in the competitive sector 06/A3 – Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology.
• Membership in the relevant regional association of biologists
• Experience in the molecular and phenotypic characterization of resistance plasmids
• Experience using third-generation sequencers such as Pac Bio and Oxford Nanopore
• Experience in bioinformatics analysis
• Awards/Recognitions, as a young researcher or early career researcher
• Participation in funded research projects as a "researcher" or "PI"
• Membership of an international microbiological genomics group
• Membership of working groups of scientific societies in the fields of genomics and microbiology.genomic and microbiological fields

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