Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computational Methods for Structural Biology at the EMBL-Hamburg
EMBL - European Molecular Biology Laboratory -EMBL Hamburg Outstation
Customer_Refno: HH_00053
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Staff Category: Postdoctoral Fellow
Contract Duration: 2 years
Grading: N/A
Closing Date: 15 December 2013
Reference number: HH_00053

Job Description
The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is one of the highest ranked scientific research organisations in the world. The Headquarters Laboratory is located in Heidelberg (Germany), with additional sites in Grenoble (France), Hamburg (Germany), Hinxton (UK) and Monterotondo (Italy).

The EMBL Hamburg Outstation at the DESY campus performs research in structural biology with specific emphasis on the use of synchrotron radiation for structural biology. EMBL-Hamburg runs new beamlines for macromolecular crystallography (MX) and small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) at the high-brilliance storage ring PETRA III.

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in computational methods development for biological SAXS in the BioSAXS group. The successful candidate will participate in the design of an automated data analysis system to construct and validate 3D structural models from solution scattering data. The developments envisage hybrid applications of SAXS with other structural, biophysical and computational methods, including MX, NMR, electron microscopy and bioinformatic approaches. The position is funded by BioStruct-X, an integrated project within the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) of the European Commission (www.biostruct-x.eu).

Qualifications and Experience
The successful candidate should have a PhD in physics, mathematics or biology, good working knowledge in computational and numerical methods and a good publication record. Practical experience in design of scientific applications in Fortran, C/C++ and/or Python is essential. We specifically welcome applicants with background in computational crystallography, NMR, electron microscopy and/or bioinformatics. Good communication skills and the ability to collaborate with international teams are required. Expertise in SAXS, machine learning and basic knowledge of molecular biology would be considered a bonus.

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