We offer several postdoctoral positions in both experimental and computational biology for an integrated effort that aims to decipher the transcriptional regulatory circuitry of cellular differentiation.
Our joint project aims to identify general principles through which chromatin state, epigenetic modifications, and transcription factors cooperate to achieve cellular differentiation in mammals. Using functional genomics approaches we will obtain quantitative time courses of transcription and epigenetic states genome-wide in well-defined mouse differentiation systems. Data will be analyzed in close collaborations between computational and experimental groups. Predictive models will be tested by targeted genetics and genomics experiments.
Participating laboratories include:
Gerhard Christofori, Georg Holländer, Anton Rolink, Erik van Nimwegen and Mihaela Zavolan; University of Basel
Patrick Matthias, Antoine Peters, Dirk Schübeler and Susan Gasser; Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
Successful applicants will work in a highly stimulating research environment, and will be offered training in theoretical and practical techniques. All member laboratories lie in close proximity within Basel, Switzerland, a city boasting academic and cultural excellence, located in the heart of Europe.
Funding is ensured through a four-year SystemsX.ch grant.
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Review of applications will start Dec 15, 2009.
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