PhD student in Structural Bioinformatics

Publiceringsdatum: 2024-09-11

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Jobbannons

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For more information about the vacancy

https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/25207

Work assignments 

In this position, you will develop computational tools to characterize and quantify heterogeneity in macromolecular cryo-EM reconstructions using new frameworks in modern programming languages. You will have the opportunity to learn and develop high-performance computing solutions using national super-computing infrastructure and apply these methods at scale to investigate new biology. There are also opportunities for national and international collaboration in both software development and applied biological research.

As a PhD student, you devote most of your time to doctoral studies and the research projects of which you are part. Your work may also include teaching or other departmental duties, up to a maximum of 20% of full-time.

Qualifications

You have graduated at Master’s level or completed courses with a minimum of 240 credits, at least 60 of which must be in advanced courses in either in a computational or mathematical field of study, or with demonstrated experience in structural biology or bioinformatics. Alternatively, you have gained essentially corresponding knowledge in another way.

You will be expected to independently write and evaluate software in python and C++, using git for versioning, collaborative development, testing and deployment. Evidence of experience (e.g. through GitHub user contributions) is beneficial to your application. You are expected to be resourceful and independent, but also transparent and open to both provide and receive feedback. You are expected to look for opportunities to develop your own skills and interests, and encouraged to participate in international conferences, workshops, and collaborations. Excellent oral and written communication skills in English is essential. 

It is beneficial to your application to demonstrate skills or experience with data-visualization approaches (e.g. clustering, classification, deep learning, ...), software development (in particularly using pytorch, C++, CUDA, or other HPC-oriented solutions), use of large-scale data, and experience in a UNIX environment. Knowledge of macromolecular structure analysis such as cryo-EM, crystallography, molecular dynamics, or similar is beneficial but not necessary.

Please motivate why you are interested in the role in your application.

The workplace

The team is based in the Bioinformatics division within the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM) at Linköping University.

The employment

When taking up the post, you will be admitted to the program for doctoral studies. More information about the doctoral studies at each faculty is available at Doctoral studies at Linköping University

The employment has a duration of four years’ full-time equivalent. You will initially be employed for a period of one year. The employment will subsequently be renewed for periods of maximum duration two years, depending on your progress through the study plan. The employment may be extended up to a maximum of five years, based on the amount of teaching and departmental duties you have carried out. Further extensions can be granted in special circumstances.

Starting date by agreement. 

Salary and employment benefits

The university applies individual salaries.

More information about employee benefits is available https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/employee-benefits. 

Union representatives

Information about union representatives, see https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/help-for-applicants.

Application procedure

Your application must be received no later than 2nd of October 2024. 

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We look forward to receiving your application!

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