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<div class="" style="font-family: CenturyGothic;">The Brussels School of Engineering will open a full-time academic position in Computational Modeling of Biomolecular systems. The job description is summarised below, and the full vacancy will be published on
the following site from 1/12/2022 : <a href="https://www.ulb.be/fr/vacances-d-emplois-academiques-et-scientifiques/liste-complete-des-vacances-academiques-et-scientifiques" class="">https://www.ulb.be/fr/vacances-d-emplois-academiques-et-scientifiques/liste-complete-des-vacances-academiques-et-scientifiques</a></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Dimitri Gilis</span><br class="" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">
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<div class="" style="font-family: CenturyGothic;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">3BIO-Bioinfo</span></div>
<div class="" style="font-family: CenturyGothic;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">École polytechnique de Bruxelles </span></div>
<div class="" style="font-family: CenturyGothic;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Phone: +32 2 650 36 15 </span></div>
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<div class=""><i class=""><u class="">Job description</u></i> <br class="">
A mechanistic understanding of complex biological systems requires the consideration of multiple spatial and temporal scales, and their integration into holistic models or networks. Fluctuations play a major role in the dynamics of many of these processes and
have to be considered to obtain a realistic description of these systems and their evolution. The large amounts of high-throughput biological data that are currently being produced, from the molecule to the organism scales, are an unprecedented source of information
and a stepping stone to advance these issues.<br class="">
To address the key challenges of biomolecular modeling, innovative mathematical, computational and modeling approaches need to be developed.<br class="">
In this context, the candidate should be an expert in the modeling of:<br class="">
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<li class="">Biomolecular systems (proteins, DNA, RNA, …)</li><li class="">Biological networks (interactome, gene regulatory networks, disease networks, …)</li></ul>
and this expertise should cover multiples molecular scales<br class="">
He/she should also have a solid expertise in several of the following techniques:<br class="">
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<li class="">Physics-oriented multi-scale modeling</li><li class="">Structural bioinformatics and biomolecular design</li><li class="">Dynamical and stochastic modeling of complex systems</li><li class="">Data-driven modeling of biological networks</li><li class="">State-of-the-art machine learning techniques</li><li class="">Evolutionary and coevolutionary techniques</li></ul>
<i class=""><u class="">Area of Research</u></i>: Transdisciplinary – bioinformatics, computational molecular biophysics, computational biology<br class="">
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<i class=""><u class="">Educational and scientific goals</u></i>: The successful candidate is expected to integrate into the existing teaching activities of the Schools of Engineering and Bioengineering, and to develop new, top-level, scientific activities
in collaboration with other groups of the Schools of Engineering and Bioengineering and the Faculty of Sciences, in particular with the ULB/VUB Interuniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels ((IB)²).<br class="">
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<i class=""><u class="">Courses covered at the time of recruitment</u></i>: <br class="">
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The appointed academic will take the responsibility of parts of the following courses:<br class="">
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<li class="">In the Master 1 in Bioengineering and in the Master 2 in Biomedical Engineering</li><ul class="">
<li class="">Introduction à la bioinformatique et à ses applications (partim of 18h in a 5 ECTS course)</li></ul>
<li class="">In the Master 1 in Bioinformatics and Modeling</li><ul class="">
<li class="">Biophysics and structural bioinformatics I (partim of 18h in a 5 ECTS course)</li><li class="">Biophysics and structural bioinformatics II (partim of 12h in a 5 ECTS course)</li></ul>
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After one year, the appointed academic will also take responsibility of a part of the following course:<br class="">
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<li class="">In the Bachelor 1 in Bioengineering</li><li class=""> Connaissances fondamentales et éléments de physique (partim of about 48h in a 10 ECTS course</li></ul>
She/he will also have the opportunity in the future to contribute to other existing courses in the chemistry, bioengineering, physics, biomedical or informatics departments of the School of Engineering.<br class="">
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<i class=""><u class="">Qualifications required</u></i> :<br class="">
PhD Degree (with doctoral thesis) in Engineering or in Sciences.<br class="">
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<i class=""><u class="">Skills required</u></i><br class="">
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<li class="">Applicants should have at least 4 years of research experience at the time of their recruitment.</li><li class="">Post-doctoral experience and an excellent scientific record are required.</li><li class="">Exchange periods outside of the applicants’ home institution (during or after their PhD) will be taken into consideration when evaluating applications.</li><li class="">Experience in master and PhD thesis supervision, and grant submission and management are a plus.</li><li class="">Applicants who do not speak French (level C1) may be granted a period of adaptation, but they must be able to teach in French at the end of the 3rd year following their appointment.</li><li class="">Level C1 in English is expected. Candidates must be capable of teaching in English at the time of their appointment.</li></ul>
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