Mots-Clés
lipids
lipid transfer proteins
structural modeling
structural bioinformatics
Description
PhD position in structural bioinformatics of lipid transfer proteins
There is a vacancy for a PhD Research Fellow in protein bioinformatics at the Department of chemistry. The position is for a fixed-term period of 3 years with the possibility of a 4th year with career-promoting work (e.g. teaching at the Department). The position is funded by the University of Bergen.
The PhD-project will be connected to the research group of Prof. Nathalie Reuter at the Department of Chemistry and the Computational Biology Unit. The position is affiliated to theproject Life at the periphery: the workings of proteins at the surface of cell and organelle membranes financed by The Research Council of Norway. The project is a collaboration with the groups of Prof.Anne-Claude Gavin (U.Geneva, Switzerland) and Dr.Sergei Grudinin (U.Grenoble & CNRS, France).
Please apply at https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/282926/phd-research-fellow-in-protein-bioinformatics
About the project/work tasks
The goal of the project is to investigate sequence and structural patterns explaining the lipid selectivity of lipid transfer proteins. The project will exploit the wealth of available protein sequence and structure data through analysis using structural bioinformatics and molecular modeling tools, as well as building on and further developing the datasets and codes from the PePrMInt project (Cf https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010346).
Qualifications and personal qualities:
- Applicants must hold a master’s degree or equivalent education in computational chemistry or computational biology. Master students can apply provided they complete their final master exam before 31.07.2025. It is a condition of employment that the master’s degree has been awarded.
- Experience from protein bioinformatics is a requirement
- Good programming skills are a requirement
- Experience with data analysis and machine learning models is an advantage
- Experience from molecular modelling or molecular dynamics simulations is an advantage
- Applicants must be able to work independently and in a structured manner and demonstrate good collaborative skills.
- Applicants must have good written and oral English skills.
Personal and relational qualities will be emphasized. Research experience, ambitions and potential will also count when evaluating the candidates.
Special requirements for the position
The University of Bergen is subjected to the regulation for export control system. The regulation will be applied in the processing of the applications