PhD student position in computational biology or bioinformatics, Göttingen, Germany)

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The Department of Molecular Biology (Director: Prof. Dr. Patrick Cramer) at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry invites applications for a Ph. D. Student Position (m/f) “computational biology or bioinformatics” (Code Number 02-16).

The aim of the project is to study the principles of genome expression and its regulation in various human cells. The candidate will work closely with experimentalists who collect next generation sequencing data using various functional genomics techniques. To learn about recent work for the lab please visit www.mpibpc.mpg.de/cramer.

Ph. D. candidates should be team-oriented with a background in bioinformatics, theoretical physics or computational biology and hold a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in any of these or a related field. Our department provides a great stimulating environment for cutting-edge and interdisciplinary
research in molecular systems biology. We offer a 3-year contract with the possibility of extension. The successful applicant will receive a salary according to the funding guidelines for young researchers of the Max Planck Society.

The Max Planck Society is committed to increasing the number of individuals with disabilities in its workforce and therefore encourages applications from such qualified individuals. Furthermore, the Max Planck Society seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply.

Please send your application including a short letter of motivation, CV, a list of publications and other achievements, and email addresses of two referees preferably via email as single PDF file in relation to the code number to ausschreibung02-16@mpibpc.mpg.de