[BBC] postdoc en bioinfiormatique
Jacques van Helden
Jacques.van.Helden at ulb.ac.be
Tue Apr 15 13:34:43 CEST 2008
A 14 months post-doctoral position is available at the UBLO lab (INRA,
Jouy en Josas, France) in the context of the ANR "Cocogen" project.
The general objectives of the project are to develop new algorithmic
and statistical methods to compare bacterial genomes and to apply the
comparison results to the understanding of the mechanisms shaping
bacterial genomes evolution.
The post-doctoral position will be held in the "bacterial genome
architecture" group (https://www.jouy.inra.fr/ublo/equipes_et_themes/architecture_des_genomes_bacteriens
) on the following topic:
"Prediction of short motifs involved in essential cellular processes
on bacterial genomes"
The group focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying bacterial
genome evolution at a short evolutionary scale. The successful
candidate will participate in developping a predictive framework for
identification of short DNA motifs involved in genome organization.
These motifs are enriched on the species backbone i.e. on the regions
conserved between several strains of the same species. Based on the
analysis of known motifs, specific prediction criteria will be defined
and a combination of bioinformatic and statistical tools will be used
to predict new motifs.
Applicants should have a PhD in Microbiology or Bioinformatics. The
candidate should have a good background in molecular biology and
microbiology and be strongly motivated in learning bioinformatics or
alternatively a good background in bioinformatics and strong
motivation to learn microbiology. Expericence with scripting (Perl) a
plus.
The ability to work autonomously in an interdisciplinary project will
be essential.
starting date : June-July 2008
To apply, please email a CV, list of publications and addresses of at
least two referees to :
Dr Meriem El Karoui
meriem.el_karoui at jouy.inra.fr
Unité des Bactéries Lactiques et pathogènes Opportunistes
Equipe : Architecture des génomes bactériens
INRA Domaine de Vilvert
78352 Jouy-en Josas cedex
tel 00-33-1-34-65-28-67
fax 00-33-1-34-65-20-65
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