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<div>Title: Postdoc position on alignment-free taxonomic
classification in metagenomics</div>
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<div>The Methods and Algorithms for Bioinformatics (MAB) team at
the computer science department of the University of
Montpellier, France (the LIRMM) is looking for talented
individuals to fill an 18-months postdoctoral position. The
successful candidate will work on a novel and promising approach
for the identification of the species behind the DNA found in an
environmental sample. The originality of the approach lies in
the application within evolutionary analyses of ideas from
string algorithmics that avoid the computationally-intensive
task of sequence alignment. A detailed description of the
research project can be found here: <a
href="https://sites.google.com/site/fabiopardi/postdocs">https://sites.google.com/site/fabiopardi/postdocs</a>.</div>
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<div>The applicant should have a background in bioinformatics with
an emphasis on algorithmic and software developments for
biological sequence analysis and computational genomics.
Previous research experience in one of the following topics in
bioinformatics will be considered as an advantage: genome
assembly, metagenomics, alignment-free sequence analysis,
algorithms and data structures for biological strings, molecular
evolution, computational phylogenetics. Regardless of her/his
background, the applicant’s past research should show a strong
motivation towards solving biologically-relevant problems in a
rigorous way, using state-of-the-art techniques and/or
developing novel methodologies. Good programming skills, as well
as an ability for autonomous work, are essential.</div>
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<div>Interested applicants should send a CV, and a brief
description of research accomplishments and goals to E. Rivals (<a
href="mailto:rivals@lirmm.fr">rivals@lirmm.fr</a>) and <span>F.
Pardi (<a href="mailto:pardi@lirmm.fr">pardi@lirmm.fr</a>)</span>.
Applicants should have been awarded a Ph.D. within the last 4
years or should be graduating imminently. Successful candidates
are required to start by 1 October 2018 at the latest. The
salary for the position is about 2,200 euros net per month plus
benefits.</div>
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<div>A one-thousand-year-old city, Montpellier is a thriving
research community with a multitude of research centers in life
sciences. It is the fastest growing city in France where
approximately one third of the population are students, and a
great location for outdoor activities. The LIRMM is one of the
most visible computer science laboratories in France.</div>
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Eric RIVALS (PhD) - <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rivals@lirmm.fr">rivals@lirmm.fr</a> - <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.lirmm.fr/~rivals">www.lirmm.fr/~rivals</a>
CNRS Research Director &
Head of Institute of Computational Biology
LIRMM - UMR 5506 & Univ Montpellier (CC 05016)
860 rue de St Priest - 34095 Montpellier cedex 5 FRANCE
Tel. (33 or 0 from France) 4 67 41 86 64
Fax. (33 or 0 from France) 4 67 41 85 00</pre>
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