PhD position in computational biochemistry

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Description

As part of the Cluster of Excellence “Unifying Systems in Catalysis” (UniSysCat) at the TU Berlin, the work group “Theoretical Structural Biology”, headed by Dr. Ariane Nunes Alves, aims at developing and applying computational methods to study ligand binding kinetics and use kinetic rates for optimizing enzyme catalysis. The position offers a friendly work environment, mentoring for in-depth knowledge of computational biochemistry and biophysics, and support to reach the promotion.

Requirements

Successfully completed university degree (Master, Diplom or equivalent) in Biochemistry, Chemistry, Molecular Biotechnology or related areas
Experience with molecular dynamics simulations of biological systems
Good programming skills (bash and python preferred)
Initiative and autonomy
Fluent written and spoken English; good command of German or the willingness to acquire language capacities

Title

PhD position in computational biochemistry

Location

Berlin, Germany

Additional Requirements (Desired)

Basic experience with methods to enhance sampling in simulations (methods for ligand-protein association/dissociation preferred)
Basic experience with Jupyter notebooks
Basic experience with high performance computing

How to Apply

Please send your application with the reference number and the usual documents (cover letter, curriculum vitae, copies of certificates, one recommendation letter, all combined in a single pdf file, max. 5 MB) exclusively by email to Peter Vent ( ).

The deadline for applications is December 3, 2021.