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| Faculty of Engineering, Civil Engineering, University of Glasgow | ||||||||
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Ref: 00126-2 Salary: Grade 6 £25,751 - £28,983/ Grade 7 £31,671 - £35,646 per annum A three-year EPSRC funded postdoctoral position in computational microbiology is available in the Department of Civil Engineering University of Glasgow. The researcher will form part of a group headed by Dr. Christopher Quince integrating data from new genomics methods into mathematical models of microbial communities. The long-term goal of the research will be improved wastewater treatment and microbial fuel cell (MFC) technologies. Our understanding of microbial communities is being revolutionised by genomics data from new high throughput sequencing technologies. This information on the microbial genes present in the environment provides a picture of community composition and function at an unparalleled level of resolution. We have been at the forefront of the development of techniques to distil ecologically relevant information from this data. The next step will be to integrate this information into mathematical models of microbial communities. Then we can engineer these communities to solve pressing problems in sanitation and energy supply. This ambitious programme of research has been made possible through a (£830k) EPSRC funded Career Acceleration Fellowship to Dr Christopher Quince. We will develop stochastic individual level models of microbial communities using ideas from neutral theory. The mathematical analysis of these models will be performed in conjunction with Dr Todd Parsons (U. of Penn.). Bayesian statistics will be used to link these models to the genomics data. International applicants from any area of science or engineering with a doctorate and the necessary computational and quantitative skills are invited to apply but knowledge of any of the following would be an advantage: Bayesian statistics, bioinformatics, machine learning, microbial ecology, neutral theory, numerical solution of PDEs or SDEs, software programming, and stochastic models. The appointment is for three years. Two years of post-doctoral experience or equivalent are necessary for appointment at Grade7. The preferred start date is 1st October 2010 but earlier or later dates are possible. Apply online at www.glasgow.ac.uk/jobs Closing date: 20th August 2010. |
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