M/F, Postdoctoral offer on: Artificial intelligence and innovative solutions in the fight against Varroa destructor, a parasite of bees

id="offer-description" class="ecl-u-type-heading-2 ecl-u-mt-none ecl-u-mb-l">Offer Description The CRBE, Center for Research on Biodiversity and the Environment, is a joint research unit (UMR5300) whose scientific themes revolve around the influence of environmental changes and their interactions with the living earth, and the feedbacks of socio-ecological systems on these changes. The person will mainly work with Angélique Vétillard, in collaboration with colleagues from CNAM Paris, and will be tasked with leveraging advanced artificial intelligence methodologies to address the massive infestation of bee yards by the parasite Varroa destructor. More specifically, the mission aims to discover the intrinsic correlations between the levels of bee infestation by Varroa destructor, the types of pollen sources consumed, and the modulations of the peptidome/proteome of the haemolymph indicative of pathway deregulation, and the resulting phenotypic traits of honeybees, particularly cognition. The final objective of the project is to generate a predictive analysis tool that supports immunological investigations and cognitive tests. - Study of the biology of the parasite Varroa destructor reared on bee larvae under semi-controlled laboratory and field conditions. - Analyses of the peptidome/proteome of the hemolymph of emerging bees raised in the laboratory, via omics science. - Analyses of the long-term effects of haemolymph candidate molecules on the cognitive skills and tolerance c