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Doctoral student in computational protein design

The André lab at the department of chemistry combine computational and experimental methods to understand the structure, interactions and evolution of proteins. A fundamental goal is to encode our understanding of proteins into computational and experimental methods that enables the design self-assembling protein systems. We also want to understand the process of self-assembly by inferring self-assembly pathways from simulated protein structures and time-resolved experimental data. More information is found at www.andrelab.org 

Project:

A doctoral position is announced in a project funded by European Research Council (ERC) targeted at development of new computational and experimental methods for de novo design homomeric protein assemblies. The PhD student will develop computational methods to design protein complexes, primarily building tools using the Rosetta macromolecular modeling package. See www.rosettacommons.org for more information. The PhD student will join a small team of computational scientists and experimentalists working together with the goal of advance the state of the art of protein assembly design. Depending of the background and interest of the candidate, some experimental work characterizing designed proteins may be involved.

Required qualifications:

• The applicant should have a master degree (or equivalent) in biotechnology, bioinformatics, nanotechnology, physical chemistry, physics or other relevant fields.
• Should have acquired an understanding of proteins and protein structure through coursework or experiments.
• Proven experience with programming or development of advanced scripts.
• The candidate must be fluent in English (written and spoken).
• Should be able to interact smoothly and efficiently with the other members of the team with different backgrounds.

Specific experience with one or more of the following represents an advantage:

• C++ and python programming
• Rosetta macromolecular modeling package
• Experimental characterization of proteins
• Molecular simulation

Eligibility
Students with basic eligibility for third-cycle studies are those who- have completed a second-cycle degree- have completed courses of at least 240 credits, of which at least 60 credits are from second-cycle courses, or- have acquired largely equivalent knowledge in some other way, in Sweden or abroad.

The employment of doctoral students is regulated in the Swedish Code of Statues 1998: 80. Only those who are or have been admitted to PhD-studies may be appointed to doctoral studentships. When an appointment to a doctoral studentship is made, the ability of the student to benefit from PhD-studies shall primarily be taken into account. In addition to devoting themselves to their studies, those appointed to doctoral studentships may be required to work with educational tasks, research and administration, in accordance with specific regulations in the ordinance.

Type of employment
Limit of tenure, four years according to HF 5 kap 7§.