The work will be advised by Vincent Berry from the Methods and Algorithms for Bioinformatics team of the LIRMM and Vincent Ranwez from the Molecular Phylogeny team of the ISEM lab.
The subject is in the scope of the two groups, combinatorial algorithms on one side and molecular evolution on the other.
Applicants should have a strong background in Bioinformatics, Algorithms and/or Statistics, as well as good programming skills. A reasonable understanding of evolutionary biology is also required.
This job opportunity is available to start any month in 2009 and is addressed to students with a PhD degree or in the process of obtaining it (the thesis should be written by the start of the contract).
The successful candidate will interact with both biologists and computer scientists in the context of a research project funded by the ANR (National Research Agency). The objective of this project is to design efficient methods and algorithms to infer species and genes trees, but also duplications and horizontal transfer events by modeling genome evolution mechanisms. This project is in collaboration with the LBBE lab in Lyon, France. Applicants are invited to refer to the project's web page and to advisor's home pages for more details on the project and related papers.
The LIRMM and ISEM lab offer a highly stimulating scientific environment, being part of the largest european site in Agrosciences and part of a Biology & Health competitiveness pole. Montpellier is a university town, hosting one of the oldest universities in France. It benefits from excellent weather conditions and enjoys proximity with the Mediterranean sea, with Spain and Italy.
Please send a CV and motivation letter to both
Vincent Berry (vberry@lirmm.fr) phone: +33 467 41 85 48 and
Vincent Ranwez (vincent.ranwez@univ-montp2.fr) phone: +33 467 14 36 97