PhD Position at the Computational Neurobiology Lab

at  VIB

PHD POSITION: NOVEL SINGLE-CELL TECHNOLOGY FOR DETECTION OF REGULATORY CHROMATIN INTERACTIONS AND NETWORK INFERENCE OF FATE TRAJECTORIES IN ADULT NEURAL STEM CELLS

The Computational Neurobiology Lab at the VIB Center for Molecular Neurology is looking for a full-time (100%) doctoral scholarship holder in the fields of molecular and computational neurobiology.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND MUST-HAVE SKILLS

• You hold (or will have obtained by the start date) a master’s degree in genetics, neurobiology, systems biology, molecular biology or related disciplines.
• You can demonstrate excellent academic results
• You have solid knowledge of molecular and cellular processes involved in neurogenesis
• You have deep understanding of gene regulatory mechanisms underlying cell fate acquisition and maintenance
• You are confident in basic molecular biology techniques
• You are very motivated to learn and expand both computational and experimental skill set
• You have analytical mindset
• You have excellent communication and writing skills in English
• You act with attention to quality, integrity, creativity and cooperation.

DESIRED SKILLS

• You understand the theory behind and have hands-on experience with single-cell data processing and multimodal data generation
• You have intermediate programming skills in R and/or python

Please refer the Job description for details