[BioC] Ph.D / Postdoctoral Position in Bioinformatics at Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

[Birgit Hauer]

Ph.D / Postdoctoral Position in Bioinformatics at Johannes Kepler 
University Linz, Austria

A position in bioinformatics is immediately available at the newly 
founded Institute for Bioinformatics at the Johannes Kepler University 
(JKU) Linz, Austria. The duration of the employment will be 4 years.

The JKU supplies a perfect environment for bioinformatics research with 
its strong biophysics and biochemical groups. The research activities in 
bioinformatics are currently promoted by the Upper Austrian government 
in its strategic program for future investments in science and 
technology. The city of Linz, located in the beautiful alpine uplands, 
is a nice place to live between Salzburg and Vienna (both cities are 
reachable by an approximately 1,5 hours train trip).

The bioinformatics group's research interests currently include, among 
others, the analysis of microarray and SNP data, protein 3D structure 
prediction, protein classification, sequence analysis and motif 
extraction, and molecular dynamics.

The position is part of a project on the development of new drugs 
against avian flu and other viruses. Toward this end machine learning 
and bioinformatics methods are used to analyse the virus genome – for 
example the coiled-coil structure of the avian flu virus surface protein 
hemagglutinin will be investigated. The project is in collaboration with 
the Molecular Libraries and Recognition Group at the Charité in Berlin 
and the Robert Koch Institute, Berlin.

The position is open both for postdocs and PhD students.

The ideal applicant will have knowledge in bioinformatics, computer 
science, biology, mathematics chemistry, or physics. Background in 
machine learning, data mining or statistics would be helpful. 
Programming skills in a high-level programming language are required.

Women in particular are invited to apply. If several applicants have 
approximately equivalent qualifications, the rules on equal 
opportunities will be applied.

Application:
CV and additional application documents can be send by 17th May 2006 to 
Birgit Hauer, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Institute for 
Bioinformatics, Altenbergerstr. 69, A-4040 Linz, Austria or by email to 
birgit.hauer at jku.at.

For further information please contact:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Sepp Hochreiter
Institute for Bioinformatics
Johannes Kepler University Linz
hochreit at bioinf.jku.at