<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt">Dear All,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Times"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial">I would like to bring to your attention an opening for a Ph.D. candidate position in Machine Learning group led by Prof. dr. H.J. (Bert) Kappen at the Donders institute of the Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.  </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial">For more details: see below, and </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.ru.nl/donders/jobs/vm/phd-position/" target="_blank">http://www.ru.nl/donders/jobs/vm/phd-position/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.snn.ru.nl/v2/" target="_blank">http://www.snn.ru.nl/v2/</a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">SNN Machine Learning group at the Donders institute of the Radboud University, is looking for a PhD candidate for the project titled 'GenoMiX: Utilizing crossbred information to accelerate genetic progress'. The project is implemented jointly with the The Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre of Wageningen UR, and is part of the STW Breed4Food partnership program (<span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"><a href="http://www.wageningenur.nl/vacancies-breed4food" title="Ctrl+klik of tik om de koppeling te volgen" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(31,157,208)">www.wageningenur.nl/vacancies-breed4food </span></a></span>). The SNN Machine learning group of Prof. Kappen, where the PhD candidate will be hosted, focuses on algorithmic developments in machine learning and Bayesian statistics. See <span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"><a href="http://www.snn.ru.nl/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(31,157,208)">www.snn.ru.nl</span></a> and </span></span><u><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(31,157,208);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"><a href="http://www.snn.ru.nl/~bertk" target="_blank">www.snn.ru.nl/~bertk</a></span></u><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">. The project is co-supervised by Dr. Kees Albers of the Dept. of Human Genetics, RadboudUMC and Dept. of Molecular Development Biology, also at the Radboud University. The research group of Dr. Kees Albers combines Bayesian statistical modelling with experimental cellular models to identify disease-causing mutations from DNA sequencing data and functional genomics data.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:15pt;font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;line-height:12.95pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,30,22)">Requirements</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,30,22)"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;line-height:12.95pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Candidates are expected to cooperate in a multidisciplinary team and should be keen on mobility, between the research groups and Breed4Food partners. Good communication skills and fluency in English is expected from all candidates.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:15pt;font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,30,22)">Conditions of employment</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(36,30,22)"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">We offer challenging position in an inspiring multidisciplinary and international environment. You will be part of a research team involving multiple universities. You are expected to spend time at different locations to ensure that you benefit from the partners involved in your project. You will actively engage in meetings organised by the Breed4Food consortium. The proposed start is in the autumn of 2015.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">As a PhD candidate, you will be offered a fulltime position for 4 years, after which you should have completed your PhD thesis and individual training plan. The salary for a PhD candidate starts at € 2.125,- gross per month in the first year and extends to a maximum of € 2.717,- gross per month in the fourth year (in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities).</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;line-height:12.75pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Contract type</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">: Temporary, Onbekend</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;line-height:12.75pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify;line-height:12.95pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from: Prof. Dr Bert Kappen (+31 24 36414241, <a href="mailto:b.kappen@science.ru.nl" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(31,157,208);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">b.kappen@science.ru.nl</span></a>) or Dr Kees Albers (+31 24 36 67325;<a href="mailto:kees.albers@radboudumc.nl" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(31,157,208);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">kees.albers@radboudumc.nl</span></a>).</span></p></div>