CENTURI recruits group leaders
Posted by CENTURI Living Systems, on 14 January 2020
Closing Date: 15 March 2021
CENTURI seeks to attract outstanding computer scientists, physicists, or mathematicians with a theoretical and/or computational biology project.
The selected candidates, who are expected to bridge biology and other disciplines will be affiliated to two institutes and will be offered competitive funding.
The questions that are being addressed by this interdisciplinary research initiative include:
- How is information encoded in living systems?
- How do genes control cell fates and functions?
- How do signalling dynamics impact on cells?
- How do mechanics influence cell and tissue dynamics?
- How do networks form, function collectively and evolve?
The selected candidates, who are expected to bridge biology and other disciplines will be affiliated to two institutes and will be offered competitive funding.
Applicants should send a curriculum vitae with a complete list of publications, a 2-page summary of research achievements and projects in English, and arrange for 2-3 letters of recommendation to be sent to PIcall@centuri-livingsystems.org, before February 28th, 2020.
Short-listed candidates will be invited to submit a full proposal by April 22nd, 2020, and for an interview between May 25th and May 27th, 2020. CENTURI promotes equal opportunities for employment.
Download the offer: http://centuri-livingsystems.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/CENTURI-PI-call-2020.pdf
Who are we?
CENTURI brings together leading institutes in biology, physics, mathematics, computer science and engineering to decipher the complexity and dynamics of living systems. CENTURI offers an exceptional international environment for the development of interdisciplinary projects, in developmental biology, immunology and neurosciences.
CENTURI is mainly located on the Luminy campus of Aix-Marseille University and is affiliated to Aix- Marseille University, CNRS, INSERM and École Centrale Marseille.
Website: centuri-livingsystems.org