TWO POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS IN COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
The Linnaeus Centre for Bioinformatics
Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Two postdoctoral positions are available, one
funded privately by Carl Tryggers Stiftelse and
the other as an employee of Uppsala University
with benefits. The positions are guaranteed for
one year with possible extensions of an additional
year. They have flexible starting dates.

The projects will involve the use of bioinformatics
(Hidden Markov and other probablilistic sequence
models, expression analysis, statistical model selection)
and molecular evolution (comparative genomics,
phylogenetic inference, statistical hypothesis
testing) to study robustness and plasticity in the
translation, transcription and splicing mechanisms that
act on prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes.
Key interests in the lab include evolution of operons
and genes for tRNAs and other components of the
translational apparatus, prediction and evolution
of prokaryotic promoters and regulatory
elements, coadaptation between genomes
and the transcriptional and translational
machinery, and evolution of tRNA identity
determinants in the three domains of life.

REQUIREMENTS

These projects provide opportunities to collaborate
with experimental groups at the Biomedical Center
in Uppsala. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in biology,
genetics, statistics, computer science, or a related
field. Programming skills in UNIX, Perl, and mySQL and
experience with molecular evolution are highly
desirable, but can be developed on-site.
Programmers and statisticians looking to
deepen their training in biology are encouraged
to apply.

HOW TO APPLY

Until February 7th, applications should be
sent by mail to arrive by that date to:
Registrator, UFV-PA 2004/4801, Uppsala Universitet,
Box 256, 751 05 Uppsala, Sweden; by email to
registrator[at]uadm.uu.se; or by fax to +46 18 471 2000.
Applications sent by email or fax should be followed
by originals in the mail as soon as possible.
Salary for the university position is set
after experience. Please include a salary request
in your application.

After February 7th, applications for the CTS position
should be sent by email to tRNA[at]lcb.uu.se or by mail
to: David Ardell, Linnaeus Centre for Bioinformatics
Box 598, Biomedical Center, SE-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden.

Please include CV, cover letter with research interests,
relevant reprints or doctoral thesis, and contact
information for at least two, preferably three,
references in all applications.

For more information please see
http://www.lcb.uu.se/~dave and contact me
by email at tRNA[at]lcb.uu.se
or by telephone at +46 (0) 18 471 6694.