Postdoctoral Position in Phylogenetics and

vor 2 Wochen


Basel, Schweiz Universität Basel Vollzeit

The Biozentrum of the University of Basel is one of the world's leading life sciences institutes. With 32 groups and 500 employees, we are a dynamic and international research community that has spawned many fundamental discoveries in biology and medicine.

**Your position**

Possible projects of a post-doctoral fellow include:

- novel phylogenetic and phylodynamic methods suitable for very large data sets
- scalable inference from ancestral reassortment graphs of influenza
- evolution of gene content and gene order of bacterial chromosomes or plasmids

The scope of the projects is flexible, can be tailored to the applicants interest and skills, and we are open to exciting new ideas.

**Your profile**

We are looking for a creative and collaborative person with a genuine interest in evolution and with either
- a degree in bioinformatics, computer science, physics, applied math or similar and a strong genuine interest in biology, or
- a life science degree and strong quantitative skills

If you are excited about this opportunity but unsure whether your profile matches what we are looking for, please get in touch.

**We offer you**

You would have the opportunity to pursue original research in a small, interactive, and interdisciplinary group that tackles diverse problems in computational biology. We are internationally well connected and collaborate with several other research groups in Basel and in different parts of the world. We have access to state-of-the-art computing facilities, wet lab space, and sufficient funding for conference travel and research expenses. Our team includes a professional software engineer who can turn novel methods into robust and maintainable software. Salaries are competitive.

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