Research & Development Specialist in bioinformatics and computational modelling

at  Universit du Luxembourg

The University of Luxembourg is an international research university with a distinctly multilingual and interdisciplinary character.
The Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) is an interdisciplinary research centre of the University of Luxembourg.
We conduct fundamental and translational research in the field of Systems Biology and Biomedicine – in the lab, in the clinic and in silico. We focus on neurodegenerative processes and are especially interested in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease and their contributing factors. The LCSB recruits talented scientists from various disciplines: computer scientists, mathematicians, biologists, chemists, engineers, physicists and clinicians from more than 50 countries currently work at the LCSB. We excel because we are truly interdisciplinary, and together we contribute to science and society.
The University of Luxembourg has the following vacancy at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) – Integrative Cell Signalling group: Research & Development Specialist.
Successful candidates will join the Integrative Cell Signalling group, led by Prof. Alexander Skupin, which performs interdisciplinary research in brain disorders. Specifically, the group focuses on mechanisms of brain disorders by multiscale approaches including multiomics characterization, bioinformatics analyses and mechanistic modelling. For more information, please visit our webpage.
The R&D specialist will support the analysis of mutation-induced impairments of ion channels with a focus on the sodium ion channel Nav1.1 by protein structure predictions and molecular dynamics simulations to perform advanced in silico drug screening as well as general bioinformatics analyses.

• General support of lab activities
• Performing molecular dynamics simulation
• Investigating in silico drug screening
• Molecular dynamics data integration
• Data interpretation and reporting of results
• Perform bioinformatics analyses for molecular data
• Participate in knowledge dissemination activities through the preparation of scientific publications or presentations in scientific venues
• Support funding applications (support hypothesis generation, conception, and grant writing)
• Participate in teaching activities (seminars and practicals)
• Support and tutoring of activity of students
  For further information, please contact Prof. A. Skupin at alexander.skupin@uni.lu.