The University of Luxembourg is a multilingual, international research University.

The University of Luxembourg is looking for a

Postdoctoral Researcher (PostDoc) in Systems Biomedicine (M/F)

within its Life Sciences Research Unit at the Systems Biology group (Prof Sauter), in collaboration with NorLux Neuro-Oncology Laboratory CRP-Santé (Dr Niclou).

2 year fixed-term contract (renewable one year under justified circumstances) from Jan/Feb 2014 on.

Employee status

The University of Luxembourg offers the opportunity to apply for a Postdoc research grant in Luxembourg. The grant is directly tied to the candidate. The candidate has to apply for the grant personally. In case of an accepted application, the position will be financed by the Luxemburgish AFR (Aide Formation Recherche) fellowship (further information and guidelines on http://www.afr.lu/en/ PhD-and-Postdoc-Grants)

The aims of the Research project “Genome scale metabolic modeling of Glioblastoma multiforme” are to:

- Genome scale reconstruction and literature based curation of a glioblastoma specific metabolic network model

- Multi-omics data integration and visualization

- Disease stratification and synthetic drug target prediction

- Validation experiments with metabolomics applying stable-isotope labeled compounds (in collaboration with the experimental partner)

More information

http://bio.uni.lu/systems_biology

Prof T Sauter : thomas.sauter@uni.lu

Profile

- PhD degree in Systems/Computational Biology or similar

- Strong background in systems / computational biology, especially constraint based modeling

- Good background in metabolism and cancer biology

- Working 12 or months in a foreign country preceding the AFR application

- Languages eg.: Excellent working knowledge in English

Offer

A modern and well-equipped laboratory

An exciting multi-disciplinary international environment

Please send your motivation letter, CV and scanned diplomas ONLINE by July 28th, 2013

The University of Luxembourg is an equal opportunity employer.

An AFR Postdoc application has to be submitted till end of August 2013.

beatrice.delporte

beatrice.delporte@uni.lu

University of Luxembourg

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