Job announcement
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Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen

application deadline: 30.4.2010
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Postdoctoral Fellowship - Population Genomics

The newly formed group for Biophysics and Evolutionary Dynamics at the Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen is looking for a highly motivated postdoc to work with Oskar Hallatschek on the inference of recombination rates and (time-dependent) population sizes in the recent history of human populations.

On the basis of a novel parameter-free method to reconstruct recombination rates in Human populations, we aim at an improved Bayesian inference of past demographic events based on Human genome data sets. The project will involve a combination of theoretical and computational approaches. The successful applicant should have a PhD in Biology, Bioinformatics, theoretical Physics or Statistics, and some previous experience in population genetics, statistics and programming (e.g. in C/C++, Java, or R).

The postdoc will join a young and interactive research group focusing on nonequilibrium statistical physics and evolutionary dynamics, including theoreticians and experimentalists. We cultivate an international atmosphere and the everyday working language is English. The MPI DS is located close to the center of the medieval town of Göttingen. More information about the group is available on the web at: http://www.evo.ds.mpg.de

The successful applicant will receive a 2 years postdoctoral fellowship. The net salary starts at approximately 2100,- per month depending on age and experience. Interested candidates should send a cover letter summarizing their research background and interest in the position, CV, and contact information of three potential referees as a single PDF file to: oskar.hallatschek.applications@gmail.com

Applications will be reviewed beginning April 30, 2010. Interviews will be held in May. If you have any specific questions (e.g. details of the project), feel free contact the group leader.

The Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and has an affirmative action policy for the disabled.