[TYPES/announce] PhD position in Computational Systems Biology, ETH Zurich

[Koeppl Heinz]

The group of Heinz Koeppl at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Zurich (ETHZ) has two vacant PhD positions.

We are looking for candidates with a strong mathematical background -
graduates from applied math, computer science, physics and engineering.
Topics are new algorithms for model reduction and parameter estimation of
biochemical reaction networks (Markov chain aggregation, probabilistic
bisimulation, stochastic hybrid systems, moment closures, Bayesian
estimation and model selection). People having additional wetlab experience
are particularly encouraged to apply. This is a 100% position for 3.5 years.

The theoretical work of the two theses will be complemented with
collaboration with biochemists from the University of Lausanne and from ETH
Zurich -- with the particular case studies of Notch/p53 signaling in
keratinocytes and HOG/mating MAPK cascades crosstalk in budding yeast,
respectively. 

Contact: Prof. Heinz Koeppl, Email koeppl at ethz.ch