CBS FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE

The Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS) is an independent research institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, situated on the campus of the largest university in the Netherlands (Utrecht). It studies fungal biodiversity in the widest sense, focusing on three priority areas, agriculture, human health, and industry (indoor air and food). Presently there are 5 research groups with a total of about 80 employees. The institute maintains a large culture collection of fungi and yeasts, and research groups such as those of Pedro Crous (Evolutionary Phytopathology), Robert Samson (Applied and Industrial Mycology), Sybren de Hoog (Origins of Pathogenicity in Clinical Fungi), Teun Boekhout (Yeast and Basidiomycete Research), and Vincent Robert (Bioinformatics). Additional information is available on our website: www.cbs.knaw.nl.

The group of Dr. Vincent Robert currently has a vacancy for a


Postdoc 
full time (38 hours/week)


Description of the project: The CBS is looking for a post-doctoral candidate with a strong background in bioinformatics and/or informatics sensu stricto to form part of the newly established group on bioinformatics. Strong programming skills are required in one or several of the following languages: Visual Basic.Net, Visual C++.Net and Asp.Net. The successful applicant will be integrated within the existing team of developers and will work on a number of research subjects ranging from genome analyses, analyses of systematic data to the creation of databases and associated software and specialized bioinformatics tools. In agreement with the group leader, the candidate will also be able to develop his/her own research themes. There are ample opportunities to apply for additional grants. The institute supplies excellent resources and facilities; the language of internal communication is English.

Duration: The position is an appointment for five years.

Salary: According to “ CAO-Nederlandse Universiteiten”, ( CAO-NU), scale 10 or 11 depending on age and experience.

Location: Utrecht (The Netherlands)

Information: Applicants should send complete curriculum vitae with a list of publications and the names and contact information of at least three references. Further information can be obtained from and applications can be submitted to the bioinformatics group leader: Dr Vincent Robert, CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands, stating vacancy CBS 2009-03 in the upper left corner or via e-mail (v [dot] robert [at] cbs [dot] knaw [dot] nl or personeelszaken [at] niob [dot] knaw [dot] nl).