[Socbin] Graduate position: HelsinkiU.Evolutionary.Sequence.Analysis

[Ari Löytynoja]

Ph.D. position in evolutionary sequence analysis

I am looking for a Ph.D. candidate to work on evolutionary sequence 
analysis.  Depending on his/her background, the candidate can either 
participate on the methods development or focus on the application of 
these methods in research topics of special interest.  The candidate 
should minimally be familiar with Linux/Unix systems and working with 
the command-line interface but also candidates with a pure computational 
background are encouraged to apply.

In the past, the group has created the PRANK alignment software 
(http://tinyurl.com/prank-msa) and is now working on its successor, 
PAGAN (http://tinyurl.com/pagan-msa).  In addition to phylogenetic 
sequence alignment and its applications in comparative analyses, we are 
interested in the use of next-generation sequencing (NGS) data in 
evolutionary analyses of non-model organisms and in metagenomic 
analyses.  More information of our current research topics can be found 
on the group's home page at http://blogs.helsinki.fi/sa-at-bi.  The 
group's working language is English.

The group is based at the Institute of Biotechnology 
(www.biocenter.helsinki.fi/bi/), an independent research institute 
within the University of Helsinki.  The institute is an international 
workplace with staff coming from 30 different countries and exceeding 
300 in total.  In addition to 28 research groups, the institute has 
seven core facilities, the DNA sequencing lab hosting e.g. 454, 
Illumina, Solid and (soon) PacBio DNA sequencing devices.  The group has 
access to a supercomputer and high-performance clusters at the national 
computer centre.  Helsinki itself is a lively city with a metropolitan 
area of 1.2 million inhabitants.

Depending on their background, the Ph.D. students at the institute 
participate on different graduate schools.  In addition to graduate 
schools in biotechnology and molecular biology, there are ones e.g. in 
computational sciences and in informational and structural biology.

Applications are accepted from 1 Feb onwards and until the position is 
filled.  Please send your application, together with a full CV, copies 
of publications or relevant certificates, and the names of two referees 
to Ari Löytynoja (ari.loytynoja at helsinki.fi).

Ari Löytynoja

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Ari Löytynoja
Institute of Biotechnology
University of Helsinki, Finland
http://blogs.helsinki.fi/sa-at-bi