Job offer 13/25 The Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Braunschweig is one of the largest bioresource centers worldwide. The Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB) is a pioneer and a driver of bioeconomy research. We jointly offer the position of a Research Associate / PhD candidate (m/f/d) "The role of livestock slurry as a source of antimicrobial resistance" The position is part-time and initially limited to 3 years. The salary level will be TV-L 13 (65%). The work place will be in the group Microbial Genome Research at DSMZ (Braunschweig). The starting date will be as soon as possible. DSMZ and ATB are members of the Leibniz Research Alliance „INFECTIONS“ (https://leibnizinfections.de/en/). This research network aims to use interdisciplinary research and communication to develop new strategies and methods for risk assessment, improve outbreak management and optimise control of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens. The research is based on the One Health approach, which accounts for the interaction of humans, animals and the environment. All research is carried out as cooperative projects between several partner institutes. The position to be filled is associated with Project 8, which will examine the dynamics of microbial communities and antimicrobial resistance in livestock slurry under farm (e.g. InnoHof) and laboratory conditions. The influence of manure types (pig, cattle) and slurry treatment will be a particular focus. Close collaboration partners are at ZALF (Müncheberg), BNITM (Hamburg), IGB (Neuglobsow) and IZW (Berlin) in particular. bacteriological and molecular biological analyses of microbial communities in livestock slurry supporting laboratory slurry tank experiments bioinformatic analyses of large-scale genomic and metagenomic sequence data investigation of pathogen transmission and spread interdisciplinary collaborations, including the scientific support of guest researchers and visits at partner institutes (e.g. ATB) preparation of scientific publications and presentations participation in the network of the Leibniz Research Alliance (meetings, social media, podcast) Master's level university degree in the life sciences, or related strong interest in population genetics and bioinformatics is essential experience with microbiological and molecular biological methods basic programming skills (e. g. Python, R) will be a plus good command of English class B driving license will be useful state-of-the-art laboratories with high-throughput sequencers (Pacific Biosciences, Illumina) dedicated, powerful bioinformatics server infrastructure for data analysis interdisciplinary working environment and very good conditions for developing your scientific career and networks doctorate within a structured program