PhD and Postdoctoral Positions in the Centre of Excellence in Experimental and Computational Developmental Biology (ECDev) Finland

PhD and Postdoctoral Positions in the Centre of Excellence in
Experimental and Computational Developmental Biology (ECDev):
http://www.biocenter.helsinki.fi/bi/evodevo/ECDev.html

The Academy of Finland funded Centre of Excellence programs are six
year initiatives to foster new initiatives. The goal of our Centre of
Excellence in Experimental and Computational Developmental Biology is to
bridge computational models and experimental work on developing organs
across multiple systems. We aim to determine how changes in development
lead to different organ phenotypes, build realistic models of development
and evolution of complex organs, and study the principles of modeling
pattern formation. The main organ systems we work on are mammalian tooth,
hair, mammary gland and fly wing. We use both established laboratory
species (mice, fruit fly) and non-model species (different mammalian,
fly, and reptile species).

We are seeking for motivated and talented graduate student and
postdoctoral candidates with proven research-abilities to join our
dynamic and international research community. Postdoctoral fellows
should have previous experience in cell/molecular biology, developmental
biology, evolutionary biology, imaging, bioinformatics, programming, or
computational modeling. We are building teams where experimentalists and
computational modelers work together, thus knowledge of disparate fields
is not necessary. Applications are to be sent as a single pdf-file by
December 31, 2013 by e-mail (Subject: Postdoc application or Graduate
student) to ecdev-coe@helsinki.fi. The document should include a short
cover letter describing your expertise areas and motivation for the
position, CV (max 2 pages), and names and contact information of two to
three references. Applications are reviewed as they are received.

The Institute of Biotechnology (BI) is an independent non-profit research
and educational institute at the University of the Helsinki, located in
the Viikki Biocenter of the Helsinki Science Park. BI's strategy is to
carry our high quality research. With over 30% of the academic staff
being foreigners, BI is one the most international research units in
Finland. BI has research programs in Developmental Biology, Molecular
Cell Biology, Genome Biology, and Structural Biology & Biophysics.