Phd or Postdoc in Computational Phylogenetics with

vor 4 Wochen


Zurich, Schweiz SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics Vollzeit

Job tasks

The positions are based at the Institute of Computational Life Sciences, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW Wädenswil). The PhD student will also be enrolled at the University of Zurich. The research group is also part of Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, which provides additional training and networking opportunities.

A selection of relevant articles:

- Maiolo M, Zhang X, Gil M, Anisimova M. "Progressive multiple sequence alignment with indel evolution" BMC Bioinformatics. 2018. 19(1):331. doi: 10.1186/s12859-018-2357-1.
- Pečerska, J., Gil, M. and Anisimova, M. “Joint alignment and tree inference” bioRxiv, 2021. pp.2021-09. doi: 10.1101/2021.09.28.462230.
- Jowkar, G., Pečerska, J., Maiolo, M., Gil, M., & Anisimova, M. “ARPIP: Ancestral sequence Reconstruction with insertions and deletions under the Poisson Indel Process” Systematic biology. 2022. syac050-syac050. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syac050

Profile requirements
- Strong background in computational science, algorithms, programming, statistics, stochastic modeling or similar;
- Working knowledge of C++ and/or Rust;
- Some knowledge of phylogenetics and molecular evolution is an advantage.

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