centre nacional d'anàlisi genòmica
centro nacional de análisis genómico
centro nacional de análisis genómico
Microorganisms that live on and within our bodies impact almost all of our biological processes. Many areas of research are changing with the realisation that microbiota, their genes and the way they interact with host genetics, are integral to in both basic and applied biology, with direct relevance to many global societal challenges. This realisation has the potential to revolutionise not only basic biology but also applied areas such as agrobiology, biomedicine and biotechnology.
The EU funded project, 'Advancing the development and implementation of hologenomics in biological sciences (HoloGen)', will enable the establishment of a doctoral programme that brings together organisations from different sectors to train highly skilled doctoral candidates to develop the practical implementation of hologenomics, to gain a more comprehensive understanding of host-microbiota interactions and their impact in both basic and applied areas, with direct relevance to many global societal challenges.
The new Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network (“HoloGen”) is being led by Professor Torgeir R. Hvidsten from Norwegian University of Life Sciences. CNAG is one of eight institutions involved around the world, together with the University of Birmingham, the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, the University of Copenhagen, the University of Turku, the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare and KU Leuven.
This project has received funding from the European Union HORIZON-MSCA-2023-DN-01 project 101169005 HoloGen.
THE ROLE OF CNAG
There will be 11 doctoral posts at seven universities, all benefitting from top researchers with theoretical knowledge on symbiosis biology, microbial ecology, animal evolution, animal production and biomedicine, as well as practical expertise in large- scale (meta)genomics, DNA sequence analysis, metabolomics, computational biology and biological systems modelling. In total, the network includes 18 partners including universities, research institutes and industry partners.
Dr. Marc Martí-Renom, Head of the Structural Genomics Group at CNAG, will host the doctoral placement within his team. This position, as well as the others, will also be supervised by another center participating in the project. In our case, the doctoral placement will be co-supervised by Dr. Antton Alberdi from the University of Copenhagen. Additionally, CNAG will coordinate part of the computational programmes of the network.
COORDINATION
Norges Miljo-Og, Biovitenskaplige Universitet
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