Saudi Arabia: Postdoctoral Position in Computational Bioscience, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

ostdoctoral Position in Computational Bioscience, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia

Several Postdoctoral Fellow positions available
The Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC, http://ping.fm/mSOzA) of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST, http://ping.fm/sBQKI) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is seeking highly motivated postdoctoral researchers for different fields of Computational Bioscience, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. Specialists with biology and medical backgrounds, as well as those from engineering, chemistry, physics, mathematics or computer science are welcome to apply.

Ideal candidates will have a doctoral degree with a strong background applicable to bioinformatics, computational biology, ‘omics’ problems, and complemented with strong publication/research record. Candidates must have good communication skills in spoken and written English, ability to work as a part of a larger team as well as independently, think creatively and have excellent problem-solving skills. Ability to efficiently develop software, good experience in mathematical modeling, or strong experimental experience will be considered an advantage.

Successful applicants will work in one of the technologically most advanced academic research environments today on challenging cutting-edge problems of biology and medicine. These will include knowledge extraction, discovery of bioactive compounds, disease biomarkers, regulatory and signaling networks, and quantitative/predictive systems biology. The work will heavily rely on integration of wet lab experiments and computational analyses. Researchers in CBRC have access to one of the most powerful supercomputing facilities in academia and outstanding set of special and core experimental facilities.

Application
To apply, please send your curriculum vitae, a brief statement of research interests, and contact information for three references in one PDF document to Vladimir Bajic, Director of CBRC (e-mail: vladimir.bajic[ at ]kaust.edu.sa)