Postdoctoral Research Position: Neurophysiology in vitro, Marseille, France

A postdoctoral position is available with Dr. Dominique Debanne at

INSERM U641, Marseille, France(http://ifrjr.nord.univ-mrs.fr/-equipe-4,89-).

Applicants should have solid experience of in vitro electrophysiologica l recording techniques (patch-clamp) and, analysis of synaptic transmission and neuronal excitability. The successful applicant will combine multiple electrophysiologica l measurements, neuronal transfection, pharmacology and dynamic-clamp in brain slices to study the function and plasticity of hippocampal GABAergic networks in the context of epilepsy.

Eligibility: PhD with excellent training in electrophysiology. Knowledge or experience in neuronal transfection (gene-gun, viral transfection) and imaging techniques would be highly desirable without being mandatory.

Duration: Post
funded by ANR (starting 1st April 2010, 24
months with a possible extension).

Salary: 24
150EUR / year net


Selected Publications of the Team:
Debanne et al. (2008) Nature Protocols 3: 1559-1568
Campanac et al. (2008) J Neurosci 28: 8635-8643
Campanac & Debanne (2008) J Physiol 586: 779-793
Boudkkazi et al. (2007) Neuron 56: 1048-1060
Carlier et al. (2006) J Physiol 577: 141-154


Applicants should submit a CV and two references to:

Dr. Dominique Debanne
INSERM U641 - Neurobiologie des Canaux Ioniques
Faculté de Médecine- Secteur Nord
Université de la Méditerranée
CS80011
Boulevard Pierre Dramard
F-13344 Marseille cedex 15
France

Tel: +33 (0)4 91 69 87 45
Fax: +33 (0)4 91 09 05 06
e-mail: dominique.debanne@ univmed.fr

Postdoc Fellowship in Ontology Engineering/ Data Mining

Postdoc Fellowship in Ontology Engineering/ Data Mining

Applications are invited for the position of postdoctoral assistant in the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (http://cui.unige.ch/AI-group), CSD, University of Geneva. The successful candidate will participate in a European FP7 research project where s/he will ensure ontology engineering best practice in the development of a data mining ontology (DMO). The DMO is a comprehensive ontology on all data mining-related issues such
as data preprocessing, machine learning, and multimedia mining. It is intended to support data mining workflow construction, algorithm and model selection for all phases of the knowledge discovery process, and ontology-based knowledge discovery. Research on these issues should support development of software modules to be integrated into a virtual data mining laboratory. Further information on the project can be found on http://www.e-lico.eu. Gross starting salary will be around 5200 CHF/ month (1 CHF = 0.67 EUR), depending on qualifications.

Candidates should have a PhD in Computer Science with specialization in knowledge and ontology engineering and a solid background in machine learning/data mining. Alternatively, they could be ML/DM specialists with a solid background/experien ce in ontology engineering. They should have excellent programming skills as well as communication skills in English; French would be an asset but is not indispensable. A strong academic record, excellent analytical skills and a clear aptitude for autonomous, creative research will be priority selection criteria.

Applications should include a curriculum vitae, academic transcripts, a brief statement of purpose, a list of publications, and names and e-mail addresses of at least 2 references.

Please e-mail your applications to Melanie.Hilario[ at]unige. ch. The position will be filled as soon as a suitable candidate is found.

Post-doc Position in bio technology, France

Post-doc Position in bio technology, France

The Institute of Structural Biology (IBS) in Grenoble and the Laboratory LEGI
collaborate within the project Nanobiodrop.

This project involves the formation of artificial biological membranes to study the insertion of transmembrane transport proteins and measure their activity. The technique based on the manipulation of nanodroplets has proven effective in vitro and its integration into micro systems is a challenge today that opens interesting perspectives in biotechnology and biology such as drug screening or the study
of artificial cells networks.

The objectives of the postdoctoral position are to associate in a microsystem :
{ The formation of biological membranes by microfuidic techniques.
{ The insertion of transmembrane proteins studied at the IBS (ion channels and transporters) .
{ The measurement of transport activity of these proteins by electrophysiologica l or optical means.
{ The possibility of creating a network of interconnected membranes by transmembrane proteins.

The ideal candidate is a biophysicist, with a knowledge of, or a desire to learn, standard microfabrication techniques. Expertise in fluidics, surface treatment, membrane protein biochemistry and/or electrophysiology will be an asset.

The proposed contract is for two years. It is funded by the French network RTRA "Nanosciences" and the collaborative program in Physics, Chemistry and Biology of the CNRS "Support for risk taking". The candidate will work under the supervision of both LEGI and IBS and will benefit from access to state-of-the-art resources in all aspects of the project.

The candidate should have defended his PhD thesis for less than three years and a part of his scientific training has been done outside of France.

Salary : EUR2300 ¤/month
Contacts :
Benjamin Cross : benjamin.cross@ legi.grenoble- inp.fr
Michel Vivaudou :michel.vivaudou@ cea.fr

Postdoc Bio-informatics

Vacancy: Postdoc
Bio-informatics

We are a microbiology and infectious diseases group in The Netherlands, investigating microbial flora in health and disease in relation to prevention of bacterial infections.

We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow bioinformatics/ -statistics who will help us to analyze complex metagenomic data in relation to epidemiological parameters. Besides the complex problem of interpreting phylogenetic data of microbiota, we find there are currently no generally accepted statistical methods available to analyze complex communities in relation to epidemiological determinants, especially not in multivariate ways.

Our final goal is to model complex microbiota with the help of environmental and individual characteristics, with the ultimate goal to predict when disease will develop and to design preventive strategies.

We are looking for someone with experience in the field of metagenomics, bio-informatics, or adjacent fields, who does not dislike statistics and epidemiology, is not afraid of developing new tools, is creative, efficient, independent, and likes to work in a multi-disciplinary team.

The position is guaranteed for at least 3 years. The salary is depending on previous experience and according to the CAO for university medical centres (CAO-UMC: salary scale 10).

If you are interested, please contact:

D. Bogaert, MD, PhD
UMC Utrecht-WKZ
Department of Pediatric Immunology
Lundlaan 6 (room KC.03.068.0)
3584 EA Utrecht, The Netherlands
Phone: +31-88-7551754
E-mail: dbogaert@umcutrecht .nl