[DMANET] Postdoc positions in Lisbon and Lyon

Dear Colleagues,

Please, disseminate the announcement below in your community. Thank
you in advance!

kind regards, Susana Vinga and Marie-France Sagot

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In the context of a FP7 KBBE European Project, BacHBerry ("BACterial
Hosts for production of Bioactive phenolics from bERRY fruits"), we
are seeking two postdoc candidates, each for one year, possibly
renewable for up to three years. The candidates will work:
- for one, in the CSI team at the IDMEC-IST in Lisbon, Portugal
(http://www.idmec.ist.utl.pt/);
- and for the other, in the BAMBOO team at the Inria-UCBL in Lyon,
France (http://team.inria.fr/bamboo/).
Both teams are methodological with an expertise in computational and
systems biology. Each successful candidate will also interact with the
team in the other country.

This project aims at tapping the potential of living organisms or
systems to develop or make natural chemical compounds that are
believed to be useful for medicine, agriculture, bioremediation,
biodegradation, or etc. Most often, the compound is already produced
by the organism but in small quantity, and one needs then to
manipulate it in order for the production to be increased. Other
situations require transplanting part of the chemical factory of an
organism into another, in general a bacterium, for better efficiency.
In some cases, the transplant might better be split among a community
of different bacteria in interaction.

BacHBerry is more specifically interested in the generation of
bacterial platforms for sustainable bio-based production of phenolic
compounds found in berry fruits. Phenolics are recognised for their
antioxydant health-promoting and functional properties, and applied
accross applications as diverse as aromas, colours, nutraceuticals,
and medicines.

More specifically, we are looking for candidates with a PhD in either
of the following areas: computer science, mathematics, statistics,
computational biology, metabolic engineering, regulation, or related,
with a strong taste for inter-disciplinary research, and with very
good interpersonal skills.

Ideally, the person will have a long experience with optimisation
techniques and:
- for the group in Lisbon, in dynamic models and control theory;
- for the group in Lyon, in graph algorithms and discrete combinatorics.

Unsual CVs are welcome. Knowledge of the portuguese language (Brazil /
Portugal) would also be a plus :-)

Applications should include a motivation letter, a CV, and the address
of three references. The applications should be sent to both:
Susana Vinga, susanavinga@gmail.com
and
Marie-France Sagot, marie-france.sagot@inria.fr
ideally before September 15, 2013.
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