英国爱丁堡大学生物科学博士后岗位

Preparedness, Prediction and Prevention of Emerging Zoonotic Viruses with Pandemic Potential using Multidisciplinary Approaches (PREDEMICS).

PREDEMICS is a European Framework 7 funded consortium of 17 participant institutions.

You will be a computational biologist with skills in software development, bioinformatics and molecular phylogenetics or molecular epidemiology. The post will entail building sequence analysis methodologies to answer evolutionary and epidemiological questions of the key zoonotic viral pathogens listed above. The core project will be to develop existing molecular epidemiological tools (in particular the BEAST package) into a semi-automated analysis pipeline which can rapidly provide epidemiological characterization of newly emerged epidemics. Particular emphasis will be on addressing problems of statistical phylogenetic analysis of very large-scale molecular data sets flowing from next generation sequencing technologies. This project is part of a consortium of 17 European institutions and there are opportunities to undertake exchange visits with the other partners. You must have, or shortly obtain a PhD in an appropriate discipline and have experience in computational biology, molecular phylogenetics, molecular epidemiology, or statistical approaches in molecular evolution. Post is funded until 31 October 2016.

Fixed term: Until 31 October 2016

Salary Scale: £30,122 to £35,938 pa

Vacancy Reference: 3016276jw

Closing Date: 12 October 2012

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