Future Food is a Swiss research initiative that provides opportunities to educate and train new talent around the food value chain by leveraging the complementary strengths of the Swiss academic and industrial research communities.
The 'fellowship' is a postdoc programme for exceptionally qualified young researchers who propose projects targeting future food issues such as nutrition, production, packaging and digital health. The fellowship provides personal research funds for three years, enabling fellows to work on their projects in a research laboratory anywhere in Switzerland with a “champion” in academia (the host professor at ETH Zurich or EPFL) and in industry (the industry partner).
Fellowships The aim is to award up to ten fellowships each year. The actual number depends on how many candidates successfully complete a selection process culminating with a face-to-face interview. In addition to scientific skills, the personality and motivation of the candidates will also be considered. However, the main criterion for selection is scientific excellence combined with industrial relevance. The call for new research or translational projects is conducted once every year.
The Food Research Center (FoRC) has opened a selection for a post-doctoral fellowship linked to a study aiming to evaluate the effects of d-limonene on metabolism. FoRC is a research center supported by São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), located at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo in São Paulo, Brazil.
D-limonene is a monoterpene abundant in citrus fruits known for its hypoglycaemic and hypolipidemic effects. The focus of the study is to evaluate mechanisms of action not yet explored, aiming to understand how this compound can modulate metabolism and prevent chronic diseases. For this purpose, a study in animal models will be carried out and different metabolomics platforms as well as metagenomic and gene expression analysis will be employed to assess d-limonene effects.
The ideal candidate must have: • Obtained the PhD degree in the last 7 years; • Have formal training in analytical chemistry (bachelor degree in chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacy or related areas); • Demonstrated experience in targeted and untargeted metabolomics. This includes the operation of qToF and triple quadrupole mass spectrometers and familiarity with data analysis softwares and mass spectrometry databases; • Experience in R for data analysis; • Experience with metabolomics analysis applied to nutrition/ metabolism of phytochemicals; • Be the first author in at least one scientific publication in an indexed journal.
Applicants must send a CV, motivation letter and one recommendation letter to forc@usp.br until 25/04/2019. A final decision will be made until the 05/05/2019. The estimated date to start the new position is 01/07/2019. FAPESP post-doctoral fellowships consist of monthly allowances of R$7373,10 and additional grant equivalent to 15% of the monthly allowances to cover costs related to the research project. The fellowship is granted for 2 years, with the possibility of extension for 2 extra years. Applicants living further than 350 Km from São Paulo are entitled to a relocation allowance and covering of travel costs.
A job opening that might be of interest to PhDs or post docs working in nutrition and gut health.
Arla foods Ingredients (AFI) are looking for a skilled nutrition research scientist within Gut Health & Disease to drive our research activities together with external academia partners. Different backgrounds are possible, but with the requirement of a PhD (or similar experience).
Pathway analysis in the nutritional field using PathVisio and WikiPathways
DATE: Monday, 25th March at 16:00 h (CET) HOST: Dr. Susan Coort (Department of Bioinformatics-BiGCaT, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, NL)
The ECN are pleased to announce our 9th webinar that will address how pathway analysis in PathVisio can be performed and how it is applied in the nutritional field. The webinar will start with an explanation of the online biological pathway repository WikiPathways (www.wikipathways.org). It will be shown how pathways can be created and curated. Thereafter, pathway analysis of various types of omics data will be discussed. The overrepresentation analysis (ORA), the statistical method used, will be explained and it will be shown how the researcher can find affected biological processes based on molecular changes. The open-source pathway analysis tool, PathVisio (www.pathvisio.org), will be explained in detail. Both the statistical and visualization module within PathVisio will be addressed. Finally, several nutritional example studies will be described and the pathway results will be discussed.
Susan Coort is working as an assistant professor at the department of Bioinformatics-BiGCaT, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University.
REGISTRATION: Attendance is FREE but registration is required Send an email to ECN NuGO with:
– Email subject ‘Registration to Online Webinar’ – Your full name
Space is limited and priority is given to ECN members on a first-come-first-served basis. Details for accessing the webinar will be sent upon registration.
We are pleased to announce an Advanced Proteomics course, organised by the Graduate School VLAG and the Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University and Research, will take place from 27th to 30th August 2019.
Three course grants are being offered by NuGO. These grants are only available for PhD students from one of the NuGO member organisations. For more information visit: https://www.vlaggraduateschool.nl/en/courses.htm
Note that the deadline for a grant application is: 22 February 2019 (and not 5 March as mentioned on the course pages).
One should register and besides that a CV, motivation letter from the applicant and a support letter from the supervisor should be send to: nugo@wur.nl
Metabolon are hosting an 'on-demand' webinar entitled:
How Metabolomic Profiling Can Unlock Gene Function & Provide Biological Insight
In this webinar, you'll learn how the precise measurement of metabolites in an untargeted manner and this data can be used to unlock existing -omics data streams to understand the basis of wellness and disease.
Presented by: Gregory Michelotti, PhD Senior Study Director, Metabolon
The ECN committee are pleased to announce our 8th online webinar:
“Nutrition systems and health research for designing personalized solutions”
Colleen Draper M.S., R.D., from Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences SA (Switzerland), will share her insights about nutrition systems and health research for designing personalized solutions.
Date: Tuesday 15 January at 16:00h (CET).
Registration: Attendance is FREE but registration is required, limited space and attendance arranged based on ECN membership and order of registration.
To register please send us an email at ecn.nugo@gmail.com with: * Email subject ‘Registration to Online Webinar’ * Your name and surname
The exchanges are foremost meant for temporary staff working with a NuGO member organisation (PhDs and postdocs < 5 years after obtaining their PhD). The host organisation should be a NuGO member organisation.
Total funding per exchange is € 3.500. This includes travel costs, board and lodging, and research costs if applicable, for travel to/from the member organisations in China, Australia and New Zealand we add € 500 for travel.
Minimum stay should be 10 working days, if combined with a conference visit then these conference days do not count Max 1 application per member organisation, incoming and outgoing combined
From the applicant and the PI of the host institution we expect an active participation in NuGO activities (conferences, training courses, task-forces)
Exchanges are only possible between two NuGO member organisations.
Deadline for applications: March 1st, 2019
Applications should consist of a CV of 1- 2 pages and a description of the work to be done including the relevance for parties involved (1 page) as well as a draft budget.
Applications should be send to: nugo@wur.nl for the attention of Ingeborg van Leeuwen-Bol.
For further information, the Early Career Network (ECN) hosted a webinar on the topic of laboratory exchanges- during this webinar Prof Lorraine Brennen, NuGO CEO presented the importance of an exchange (see following link):
Rowett Institute, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences, and Nutrition at the University of Aberdeen is advertising a fully-funded, four-year PhD studentship in Nutritional Biochemistry:
“Investigating the effect of underutilised, emerging, polyphenol-rich berries on cardiometabolic health”
The studentship is available to UK/EU applicants only.
Thank you to the 25 early career researchers who participated in this years NuGO ECN social. We really enjoyed your enthusiasm and look forward to our next meet up. Attached are some of the photos (more to follow) that captured the experience. Well done to our winning team for some very creative photos.
