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* 3 PhD POSITIONS IN MOLECULAR EVOLUTION AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOINFORMATICS *
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THREE POSITIONS AS PhD STUDENTS ("Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter") will
become available in 2008 in the newly founded IEB, the Institute for
Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Muenster, Germany.


RESEARCH PROJECTS will be in one or more of the following areas:
(see www.uni-muenster.de/evolution/ebb and further links for details)

   Position 1: Evolution of Protein Interaction and Domain Networks

   Position 2: Evolution of Stress Response in Plants using Analysis of
               Genomic, Proteomic and Transcriptomic Data and Modelling

   Position 3: Molecular Evolutionary Ecology of Adaptation to Global
               Warming in Marine Plants

Projects will be carried out in close collaboration with experimental
groups at the IEB and the Faculty, for example the groups of Profs.
Reusch (Plant Evolutionary Ecolgy), Kurtz (Animal Evolutionary Ecology),
Bravo (Experimental Molecular Evolution) and Kudla (Plant Genetics).


ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS are:

*) MSc or 4yr BSc degree (or equivalent) in biology, biochemistry, physics
   or bioinformatics and research experience in a biological area
*) Basic skills in statistics and programming
*) Motivation and proven ability to carry out research independently
*) Good communication skills

Students will be supervised in a graduate school like system.

Interested candidates should send applications to Prof Bornberg-Bauer
ebb[at]uni-muenster.de as pdf-attachment (maximum 2 pages) detailing
education, scientific career, list of publications, skills, a short
statement of research interest and addresses of two supervisors willing
to provide a reference.


CLOSING DATE is Dec 1st for Position 1 and 31st Jan for Positions 2 and 3.
Commencing date is Feb 1st for Position 1 and any time between then and
October 2008 for Positions 2 and 3.


Muenster hosts many excellent scientific institutions such as a newly
founded Max-Planck Institute for biomedical research, a Centre for
Nanotechnology or a great number of specialised research areas ("SFBs").
Muenster is a dynamic city with a world-famous heritage centre and in the
middle of the beautiful ``Muensterland''. It is very lively, last not
least because of the high number of students (around 20% of the residents)
and the rich choice of social, cultural and sporting facilities
(see www.muenster.de).

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3 POSTDOC POSITIONS IN MOLECULAR EVOLUTION AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOINFORMATICS
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THREE POSITIONS AS POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES ("Wissenschaftlicher
Mitarbeiter") will become available in 2008 in the newly founded IEB, the
Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Muenster, Germany.


RESEARCH PROJECTS will be in one or more of the following areas:
(see www.uni-muenster.de/evolution/ebb and further links for details)

   Position 1:
   Modelling and Analysis of Genome Evolution in Host-Parasite Systems

   Position 2:
   Modelling and Analysis of the Stress Response in Plant Cells using
        ESTs, Genomic and Transcriptomic Data

   Position 3:
   Comparative Analysis of Sequence Evolution and Expression Evolution

Projects will be carried out in close collaboration with experimental
groups at the IEB and the Faculty, for example the groups of Profs. Reusch
(Plant Evolutionary Ecolgy), Kurtz (Animal Evolutionary Ecology), Bravo
(Experimental Molecular Evolution) and Kudla (Plant Genetics).


ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS are:

*) PhD in natural sciences and research experience in a biological area
*) Basic skills in statistics and programming
*) Motivation and proven ability to carry out research independently
*) Good communication skills

Candidates are encouraged to develop their own research agenda by
supervising students and applying for their own funds but this is not
a must.

Interested candidates should send applications to Prof Bornberg-Bauer
ebb[at]uni-muenster.de as pdf attachment (max 4 pages) detailing
education, scientific career, list of publications, names of scientists
willing to provide references and a short statement of research interest.


CLOSING DATE is Nov 15th 2007 for Position 1 and Jan 31st 2008 for
Positions 2 and 3. Commencing date is Feb 1st for Position 1 and any
time between April and October 2008 for Positions 2 and 3.


Muenster hosts many excellent scientific institutions such as a newly
founded Max-Planck Institute for biomedical research, a Centre for
Nanotechnology or a great number of specialised research areas ("SFBs").
Muenster is a dynamic city with a world-famous heritage centre and in the
middle of the beautiful ``Muensterland''. It is very lively, last not
least because of the high number of students (around 20% of the residents)
and the rich choice of social, cultural and sporting facilities
(see www.muenster.de).