Connectionists: PhD position in Epigenetic mechanisms Bioinformatics and Modeling- University of Cambridge

[Pietro Lio']

Description: 3 year doctoral position available from 1 October 2013 in the 
Department of Computer Science at the University of Cambridge.

It involves Bioinformatics, machine learning and modelling of Epigenetic 
mechanisms early in life and developmentally relevant metabolic signalling, 
which create biological variation and have a long term effect on the health 
of
 individuals across the lifespan. 

The position is funded by the EU Marie Curie EpiHealthnet. The candidate 
will collaborate with Epihealthnet members/labs in several European 
countries who will provide knowledge and high quality data on different 
model diseases.

Good knowledge in Computer Science AND/OR Mathematics AND/OR Bioinformatics 
and good programming skills (R, C/C++, Java) are important.

Marie Curie funding is intended to promote mobility of early career 
researchers within the research community; candidates are only eligible for 
this post if they have not been resident within the UK for more than 12 
months within the 3 years prior to 1 October 2013.

Please send enquiry and CV to Dr Pietro Lio', email: pl219 at cam.ac.uk