Konstanz, Germany: Ph.D. Position in Biological Data Analysis and Visualization

The faculty of Computer and Information Science at the University of Konstanz (Germany) currently has an open position in the field of biological data analysis and visualization.

JOB OPENING:
One research assistant position, salary level 13 TV-L (with a possibility to obtain a PhD) in the project "Finding new overlapping genes and their theory" of the DFG-Schwerpunkt Programm "Informations und Kommunikationstheorie in der Molekularbiologie".

YOUR PROFILE:
We are looking for a motivated candidate with a master degree in Computer Science, or related disciplines, strong English language skills, and a background in bioinformatics and/or data analysis/visualization. Good programming skills in Java and Perl as well as experiences with BLAST are advantageous. We expect the candidate to face the challenges of scientific work in interesting visualization and data analysis projects with a clear application focus.

ENVIRONMENT:
We offer a pleasant working environment in a motivating, collegial and technically very well equipped research group with great technical and personal development possibilities, early assumption of responsibilities in interesting research projects, very good industrial contacts, as well as an intensive guidance of the Ph.D. research. The chair is part of the unique faculty for computer and information science at Konstanz University which hosts the thematically closely related DFG Graduate College "Explorative analysis and Visualization of Large information spaces" and is equipped with an advanced powerwall. Last but not least, check out the webpage of our town (www.konstanz.de/) to find out about the beautiful region Konstanz is in!

INQUIRIES AND APPLICATIONS
are to be addressed to:

Prof. Dr. Daniel A. Keim
email: keim@informatik.uni-konstanz.de
infovis.uni-konstanz.de