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PhD position fall 2025

The Systems Biotechnology and Integrative Biology laboratories at the Spanish National Centre for Biotechnology (CNB) in Madrid (Spain) are looking for a PhD student candidate for a PIF2025 Fellowship (previous FPI program). The student will participate in the CNB collaborative project AMBIZIONE (Advanced Microbiome Biotechnology Zips ONE HEALTH) aimed at developing a platform combining experiments and computational modelling for the rational design of synthetic microbial communities (SynComs).

To this end, s/he will combine different strategies including advanced statistical analysis, metabolic modelling, ODEs models, complex network analysis, or AI techniques, to integrate ecological, biochemical, and evolutionary information.

If you are interested in this position please send your CV and a Letter of Motivation in English explaining your scientific motivations and the reasons why you might be willing to join this project. Please, include in your CV contact details of two people who could provide reference letters. Send both documents in a single pdf file to alberto.pascual.garcia AT gmail DOT com and jnogales AT cnb DOT csic DOT es including in the subject line “PhD. AMBIZIONE”. Applications will be reviewed and will continue until the call opens in September.

Rotation

We currently offer 1 funded rotations for BSc. or MSc. students within the JAE intro and JAE ICU programs. The call is expected to be open in September 2025.

We al­ways wel­come ap­plic­a­tions from skilled and mo­tiv­ated people for PhD and PostDoc po­s­i­tions. Open positions will be announced here. In the event that there is no vacancy for you at this time, we will always be open to discuss the possibility of supporting you to get your own funding through national (e.g. Juan de la Cierva or FPU fellowships) or international calls (e.g. Marie Curie, EMBO). If you are interested in joining our group, please send us your CV with a brief motivation letter describing your research interests and why you want to join our group. Since our group is multidisciplinary, describe briefly where your skills are, and where you want to improve.