Dear all,
Please distribute this announcement for a PhD-position concerning the role of thiamine in the food web with focus on salmon (more info below).
The position is placed at Linnaeus University, Kalmar Sweden.
In English:
https://lnu.se/en/meet-linnaeus-university/work-at-the-university/
Job description
The dynamics of macronutrients (e.g. N, P) is relatively well described but there is a substantial lack of knowledge regarding micronutrients. One example is thiamin (vitamin B1) where deficiency of this vitamin has been demonstrated but we need research to understand the mechanisms regulating the transfer of this micronutrient in the ecosystem, from unicellular producers to consumers.
Salmon in the Baltic Sea are periodically thiamin deficient suffering from low reproductive output (called M74) and this project will use salmon and thiamin as a model system to understand micronutrient dynamics. This VR-funded PhD-project will entail quantification of thiamin status as well as gut microbiomes in different life stages of salmon. Samplings will be performed in marine and freshwater systems. The PhD-student will also, in collaboration with the other project participants, develop models to understand important mechanisms and bottlenecks involved in the transfer of thiamin in the food web.
