University Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona, Spain
Description
There is an opening (spring 2013) for a student with a strong academic background to pursue a PhD within the Research Programme on Biomedical Informatics (GRIB, http://grib.imim.es) in the Barcelona Research Park of Biomedicine (PRBB, http://www.prbb.org). We are searching for a highly motivated person to study antipsychotic drug action on G protein coupled receptors using accelerated molecular dynamics achieving supercomputing scale performance in the microsecond regime. GPCRs have been implicated to play an important role in mental conditions such as schizophrenia. Understanding the biophysical phenomenon of drug action on GPCRs can help to develop novel classes of ligands with improved antipsychotic efficacy, an urgent need in antipsychotic drug discovery.
Requirements
Candidates should have a background in physics, chemistry, biology, or related disciplines and a strong interest in computer simulations. Preferentially, the applicant has a Master in Bioinformatics or related field with demonstrable research experience in molecular dynamics simulations and good programming skills. Excellent English skills are a pre-requisite.
More information and applications
Applications (CV, degree certificates, references, publication list, letter of motivation) should be sent directly to Dr. Jana Selent (jana.selent@upf.edu, www.jana-selent.org) to arrive not later than March 25, 2013.
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