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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Modelling DNA Interactions

Job Summary

A one year (can be extended to another year) Postdoctoral Fellowship in an international, multidisciplinary project comprising the field of Biophysics/Chemistry is immediately available immediately in the Group of NanoBioSeparations at the Basque Center for Macromolecular Design and Engineering, POLYMAT Fundazioa (www.polymat.eu).

Job Description

Applicants must have a PhD (or equivalent) in Physics/Biophysics/Chemistry/Biochemical Engineering or related areas but should most importantly have extensive and proven research experience in modelling DNA interactions using supercomputers (for example, https://dipc.ehu.eus/es/centro-supercomputacion at DIPC and executing programs that require a high calculation power, such as GROMACS, Gaussian, Caterpillar, ROSETTA, AlphaFold, or Maestro-Schrödinger. The research will be conducted within the framework of a scientifically demanding European collaboration (www.funambulist.eu) funded by the European Innovation Council.
Required Skills/Qualifications
• Expertise in the simulation of biological systems and computational design of artificial proteins
• Knowledge of ab initio methods, density functional theory (DFT), molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, Monte Carlo (MC) simulations, protein design, protein structure prediction, clustering methods
• Excellent communication skills
• Very good command of written and spoken English is required (if preselected, a virtual meeting will be held before the final selection).
The selected candidate is expected to conduct her/his research independently, proactively and creatively. The ambition to develop excellence science with high scientific rigour is indispensable. The candidate is furthermore expected to proactively participate in the dissemination of the research results and in contributing to management tasks of the project.
The candidate will benefit from a straight collaboration between the Nanobioseparations Group at POLYMAT and the ARNA laboratory at IECB/University of Bordeaux with the research taking place in both locations and furthermore supported by the LTC Incubator “BioMINT” within the Euskampus initiative (www.ltcsarea.eu/en/biomint). We offer a multidisciplinary, internationally oriented working environment focusing both on fundamental research and bringing research
ideas to the market. For more information, please visit
www.nanobioseparations.eu and the aforementioned web-sites.
The application should be addressed to Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Schäfer and sent via email in one single PDF to thomas.schafer@ehu.es indicating in the subject “Post-doc application FUNAMBULIST”. Applications will be considered upon arrival and should be sent preferably until 18th of June 2025 but the vacancy will remain open until finding a suitable candidate. The application should include:
(i) a cover letter highlighting their interest in the postdoctoral fellowship
(ii) curriculum vitae
(iii) a concise description of previous research and how it relates to the position (1-2 pages)
(iv) the names and contact (e-mail) of one/two academic referees

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