<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class="">Dear all, </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There are multiple bioinformatics post-doc positions available in my group to work on discovery and molecular evolution of microbial toxin-antitoxin systems, and/or antibiotic resistance factors. Read more about us here! <a href="https://atkinson-lab.com/" class="">https://atkinson-lab.com/</a> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Projects include:</div><ul class=""><li class="">Tool development for protein function prediction</li><li class="">Web server development for sequence analysis</li><li class="">Comparative genomics for prediction of novel toxin-antitoxin systems and antibiotic resistance factors, including epidemiological directions</li><li class="">Structural bioinformatics</li><li class="">Toxin-antitoxin network analysis</li><li class="">Phylogenetics and phylogenetic profiling, including for discovery of novel factors involved in ribosome quality control</li><li class="">Prediction of novel gene clusters for microbial interactions, antibiotic biosynthesis, attack and defence mechanisms</li><li class="">Sequence analysis of proteins involved in bacteria vs bacteriophage and bacteriophage vs bacteriophage interactions, with future directions in phage therapy and biotechnology</li></ul><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We also have positions available for those who like to pipette, working with the group of Vasili Hauryliuk <a href="http://www.mims.umu.se/groups/vasili-hauryliuk.html" class="">http://www.mims.umu.se/groups/vasili-hauryliuk.html</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The Atkinson lab is in an exciting period of expansion, after recent generous awards from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, and the Kempe Foundation. You can read more about our KAW project in Swedish here <a href="https://kaw.wallenberg.org/grundforskning-djupt-inne-i-bakteriernas-arvsmassa" class="">https://kaw.wallenberg.org/grundforskning-djupt-inne-i-bakteriernas-arvsmassa</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please send a CV and cover letter describing why you are interested in working in our team to <a href="mailto:gemma.atkinson@umu.se" class="">gemma.atkinson@umu.se</a>, <b class="">deadline 7th December</b>.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Informal enquiries are very welcome!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Gemma </div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Gemma C. Atkinson<br class="">Docent / Associate Professor<br class="">Department of Molecular Biology <br class="">Umeå University<br class=""><a href="https://atkinson-lab.com/" class="">https://atkinson-lab.com/</a></div></div><br class=""><br class="">
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