Vanessa Rossetto Marcelino
After 2.5 years at the University of Melbourne as an ARC DECRA fellow and group leader, I am moving to Spain to continue our work at the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA-CSIC). I work at the interface between ecology, biomedicine, evolution and bioinformatics to understand how microbial networks function and evolve.
She/her. FirstGen. Brazilian-Australian.
Email: vmarcelino -at- unimelb.edu.au
From June 2025 I will be based at IATA in Valencia:
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Interested in joining the lab?
Prospective students are welcome to get in touch and discuss potential projects. Minority groups are encouraged! The student will need to apply and win a PhD scholarship from CSIC or from a university associated with IATA.
I am open to support students in developing their own project ideas. We also have specific projects available:
Microbiome ecology, evolution and engineering:
A multitude of microbes lives inside humans and other animal hosts. These microbiomes encode an arsenal of both beneficial and toxic metabolites that play an important but still poorly understood role in the health and evolution of their hosts. Some of our biggest challenges include: 1) limited analytical capacity to process large and complex next-generation sequencing datasets to derive meaningful insights, 2) realistic experimental settings to validate hypotheses about how microbiomes function and influence their host health and disease. I invite students keen on turning these challenges into opportunities to join our team.
Opportunities are available for people interested in bioinformatics, computational biology, experimental research or a combination of these areas. Specific projects will be crafted according to the student interests and our team’s resources, and can focus on either fundamental questions (e.g. microbiome and host evolution) or applied outcomes (development of microbiome-based therapies). Motivation, drive and autodidact skills are essential.
To apply, please send a cover letter with your interests, your CV and transcripts as a single pdf file to vmarcelino - at - unimelb.edu.au (csic email address coming soon).