PhD Fellowships in Computational Biology and Scientific Computing

Employer description

The International Max Planck Research School for Computational Biology and Scientific Computing, a joint graduate program of the Freie Universitaet Berlin and the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, invites applications for a PhD program.

Job description

Computational Biology: biological sequence analysis · sequence comparison ·  phylogeny reconstruction genome analysis · gene expression and proteomics data analysis · transcriptional regulation · modeling and simulation of biological processes · data integration techniques · mathematical modeling of biochemical reaction networks · systems biology · algorithms and statistical methods for molecular biology.

Scientific Computing: scientific engineering and industrial modeling · inverse problems · optimization and visualization · algorithm oriented numerical analysis · nonlinear systems · ordinary differential equations partial differential equations · Markov chains · adaptive finite element methods · free boundary problems applications in phase transitions · porous media flow · continuum mechanics · long-term behaviour of nonlinear highly oscillatory dynamical systems · statistical modeling and efficient simulation algorithms modeling and efficient algorithms for fast time scales.

Job requirements

The PhD program is open for international students holding a Master (or equivalent) degree in bioinformatics, computer science, physics, mathematics, or biology. More information can be found here.

Apply information

If you have any questions, or if you want more information about this position, please contact:

• Hannes Luz, Coordinator IMPRS-CBSC
  Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
  c/o Dept. of Computational Biology
  Ihnestraße 63-73, 14195 Berlin, Germany
  E/mail: luz@removethis.molgen.mpg.de

The closing date for applications is February 21, 2010.

For further details and the application procedure, please visit http://www.imprs-cbsc.mpg.de