Research Position in Microbial Pharmacology and Population Biology

The Position
UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Department of Pharmacy, Microbial Pharmacology and Population Biology Research Group (MicroPop) has a research position available as part of the FRIPRO project “RESIST: Revealing ecological drivers of horizontal gene transfer and emerging phage resistance”.
The position is available for a period of 2 years, with commencement from February 2026.
The Research Group
The Microbial Pharmacology and Population Biology Research Group (MicroPop) is focused on basic research on microbial evolution. You can learn more about the group on the Microbial Pharmacology and Population Biology Research Group (MicroPop) website
About the research project
This research project will encompass the study of how natural transformation shapes the evolution of phage resistance. The researcher will explore how the bacterial immune system has evolved, focusing on the acquisition of defence mechanisms though horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in nat...