爱尔兰Cork大学学院生物化学博士后岗位

Institution

biochemistry department, university college cork (http://lapti.ucc.ie)

Position

SFI supported Ph.D. Studentship at University College Cork, Ireland.

Location

Cork, Ireland

Date Posted

Nov 29th 2007

Description

BACKGROUND
A Ph.D. studentship is available in the Laboratory of Post-transcriptional Control and Bioinformatics (lapti.ucc.ie), at the Department of Biochemistry, University College Cork (www.ucc.ie) to work on a project related to detection and prediction of RNA editing in humans. The project is supported by Science Foundation Ireland (www.sfi.ie). The work will involve computational analysis of biological sequences from major public databases. An opportunity to engage in wet lab experimental work will be available.

REQUIREMENTS
An ideal candidate will have a degree in Bioinformatics, ComputerScience/Engineering, Statistics, Applied Mathematics or related disciplines and willingness to work on Biological problems. Candidates with degrees in Biological sciences such as Genetics, Molecular Biology, or Biochemistry will also be considered, but these candidates will need to demonstrate evidence of strong background in mathematics and statistics and possess basic programming skills. An applicant should have a good command of English language.

The successful applicant is expected to be enrolled in UCC’s PhD programme and therefore is subject to academic approval (see http://www.ucc.ie/en/phd/ for details, please pay particular attention to English test requirements).

DEADLINE
Application will be accepted until the position is filled.

LOCATION
The laboratory is located close to Cork city centre. Cork is a vibrant fast growing cosmopolitan city with many opportunities for future employment at the variety of Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical and IT Industry. Cork is the second most populated city of the “Celtic Tiger”. Cork was founded on an island in the river Lee and sometimes is called the “Irish Venice”. It was selected European Capital of Culture for 2005.

Contact

See instructions at http://lapti.ucc.ie/jobs.html