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From Bioptrain
BIOPTRAIN: Marie Curie Early Stage Training on Bioinformatics Optimisation
1 fully-funded three-year PhD positions
BIOPTRAIN is a European multi-centre interdisciplinary PhD programme of world-class quality in bioinformatics optimisation algorithms. This newly-funded Early Stage Training (EST) programme involves cutting-edge research activity, spanning areas such as optimisation, machine learning, proteomics, computational chemistry, protein structure prediction, biomedical informatics and medical signal processing. Extensive opportunities to travel among the participating institutions and across Europe are an integral part of the programme.
Topic areas of the PhD positions include, but are not restricted to:
- Theoretical and high performance bioinformatics algorithms
- Protein Structure and Folding Optimisation Algorithms
- Sequence Analysis/High Throughput Genotyping Algorithms
- Gene Expression Data Mining
- Machine Learning, Statistical Methods and Data Visualisation for Bioinformatics
The last remaining position is available at the following institution (follow the links to access specific calls):
All positions are currently allocated at the following institutions (please do not apply at present):
- University of Nottingham, UK
- Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
- University College of Borås & Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
- Poznan University of Technology, Poland
These highly prestigious positions are available from September, 2005, onwards. Please follow links above for information on specific projects and research groups. Applications should be directed to the designed contact at the preferred institution.
EU EST salary, benefits and transnational mobility rules apply to all these positions. For details about salary, rules and eligibility please read carefully Sections 5 and 6 of the EST Handbook
All candidates will be given equal opportunities.
