​Post-doctoral vacancy in computational systems biology

The Molecular Systems Biology Group at the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNCB) – University of Coimbra, is seeking highly motivated candidates for a post‐doctoral fellowship under the project FCOMP‐01‐0124‐FEDER‐020978 (FCT ref.: PTDC/QUI‐BIQ/119657/2010) “Finding the naturally evolved design principles of prevalent metabolic circuits“. Applicants of any nationality must have a Ph. D. degree by the application deadline, a documented strong mathematical and computational background, and a strong publication record in bioinformatics, computational systems biology or related areas.
Documented experience in mathematical modeling of biochemical processes is a strong preferential condition.
The object of activity will be the characterization of principles of quantitative design of metabolic network motifs through mathematical modeling, systems analysis and analysis of experimental data.
The fellowship will have the duration of 12 months and start October 2013 (negotiable date). The monthly salary (tax free) will be €1495.

Applications can be submitted by email to armindo.salvador en gmail.com, from August 1 to September 5, 2013. They must indicate reference BPD2/PTDC/QUI‐BIQ/119657/2010 and include all the following documents: motivation letter, curriculum vitae, publications list, copy of Ph. D. diploma/certificate, and contact information (email and phone) of at least three references.

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