Position for Scientific Software Developer, SCM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 Highlights:

1.  SCM, a scientific software company located in Amsterdam and operating in the area of computational quantum chemistry and materials science, is about to receive a grant from the EU for a 4-year collaboration with Prof. Heine's group at Jacobs University Bremen, Germany to develop new methods for quantum simulations of nanoscale systems. 

2.  A 4-year position will be created at SCM for an [experienced] scientific software developer with a PhD degree in a relevant field. Permanent employment at SCM in Amsterdam is envisaged,  though not guaranteed, afterwards.

3.  The 1st and 4th years will be spent in Amsterdam and years 2 and 3 in Bremen. 

4.    An intensive collaboration with the Heine group is part of the job. 

5.    The developer's tasks will include a mixture of development, implementation, testing, porting, documenting, and debugging work, primarily in SCM's new software programs dealing with thousands of atoms.

6.    Requirements:

  * The key point: excellent programming skills - experience in writing modular, reusable, efficient quality code is crucially important

  * Willingness to work for two years in Prof. Heine's group in Bremen and return for (at least) one year to Amsterdam afterwards

  * Experience in quantum chemistry, electronic structure theory (DFT or approximate methods), and/or molecular dynamics

  * Ph.D. degree in relevant field (e.g. computational physics, materials science, or quantum chemistry), with preferably a few years of postdoc experience (more experienced candidates may also be considered)with focus on method and software development

  * Good written and verbal communication skills in the English language

Desirable additional knowledge and experience:

  * Experience with programming in a team, in a large-scale software package (>100,000 lines of code)

        * Working knowledge of Fortran(90)

  * Experience with one or more of: high-performance computing, parallel programming, GPGPU programming, linear scaling methods

  * Knowledge of DFTB or semi-empirical methodology, or hybrid methods such as QM/MM

        * Experience in methods for dynamics simulations

        * Knowledge of ADF or BAND (especially source code)

        * Technical skills (UNIX, scripting languages, debugging, etc.)

  * Willingness to occassionally travel for ADF promotion and being capable of properly representing ADF at such events (e.g. workshop)

  * Team player, with good two-way communication skills, highly self-motivated and able to work independently with excellent time management skills.

What we offer: The position is available immediately, with some flexibility concerning the starting date. 

  Salary and secondary benefits (including pension fund, 30+ holidays/year) will be competitive, with the two years in Bremen 

  being compensated according to attractive EU conditions including mobility allowances etc. 

  Tax benefits (30% of salary tax-free) should be available for a successful candidate from abroad. 

  This is a full-time position in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Bremen, Germany. 

  A qualified candidate may be offered - during the two years in Bremen - a position as junior group leader to independently supervise graduate students and carry out research according to the QUASINANO project.

  Full information available at the SCM web site: http://www.scm.com/News/DeveloperJob.html

  Those interested in this position are encouraged to contact Dr. Stan van Gisbergen, 

  SCM's Chief Executive Officer (vangisbergen at scm dot com, tel: +31-20-5987626) for further information. Job applications can be sent by E-mail to the same address until February 28, 2010, but preferably sooner. Applications should contain a CV, a letter explaining the motivation for applying and, if applicable, a list of publications. 

References may be requested at a later stage.

PhD Position in Inorganic Chemistry

Highlights: 

1. PhD Studentship in Inorganic Chemistry (Bio-inspired Solar H2 Production) School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
2. Closing date for application: 31 March 2010; Start date: approx. September 2010.
3. Duration: 42 months. The studentship will cover tuition fees and an annual stipend of £13,290 for UK/EU students.
4. A fully funded PhD studentship is available in the group of Dr. Erwin Reisner (School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester) to work on Bio-inspired Solar Hydrogen Production.
5. This cross-disciplinary research project involves anaerobic synthetic inorganic chemistry, a range of spectroscopic techniques, X-ray single crystal diffraction, electro- and photochemistry, enzyme chemistry, and (nano)materials.
6. This work is part of a collaborative research programme involving scientists in Manchester, Grenoble (France) and Carnegie Mellon University (USA).
7. Applicants should have or expect a good to excellent honours degree in chemistry or closely related field. Funding is offered at the standard EPSRC (UK research council) rate for 42 months and the studentship will cover tuition fees at the UK/EU rate (see above).
8. For more information about the group and project please visit: http://www.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk/groups/reisner/
9. Further information and application: For informal inquiries please contact Dr Reisner at erwin.reisner@manchester.ac.uk, enclosing a covering letter, curriculum vitae, and contact details of two academic referees and relevant documentation.
10. Applications can be made online using the following web link: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/howtoapply
11. Please also attach a covering letter, curriculum vitae, and contact details of two academic referees and relevant documentation to your application.

Dr Erwin Reisner

School of Chemistry (Room 2.060)

The University of Manchester

Oxford Rd, M13 9PL Manchester, UK

email: erwin.reisner@manchester.ac.uk

phone: +44 (0)161-306-0563

www.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk/groups/reisner

January 2010

PhD Positions in Chemical, Structural, Computational and Cell Biology

Highlights:

1.      A number of studentships are available on the BBSRC 4-year PhD Interdisciplinary Programme in Chemical, Structural, Computational and Cell Biology, for entry in September 2010. The programme is run jointly by the ISMB at Birkbeck and UCL.

2.      The first year of the programme will provide both training in the principals of biological sciences at the ISMB, and the opportunity to begin your own research. The student carries out two 4-month rotations, one with their PhD project leader, and the other with a collaborating scientist in a complementary field. These rotations will provide you with the interdisciplinary and technical expertise to develop your PhD project.

3.      The student also receives training from leading experts on elements of Structural, Computational, Cell and Chemical Biology and tuition in the skills needed to be an effective research scientist, including presentation skills, how to read and write a scientific paper and time management.

4.      Years 2-4 of the programme are devoted to the PhD research project. You will give annual presentations to report on your progress and will have other opportunities to present your latest findings.

5.      Candidates should have a first class or 2:1 MSci in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Computer Science, or any relevant area of the biological or physical sciences.

6.      For further details of the programme, student eligibility and all details of the application procedure please visit the programme website:  http://www.ismb.lon.ac.uk/bbsrc_studentships.html

7.      Applications for entry in September 2010 must be received by 5 pm on Friday 19th February 2010.

8.      Informal enquiries can be made to the Academic Coordinator, Dr Carolyn Moores (c.moores@mail.cryst.bbk.ac.uk)

Postdoctoral position in Natural products/ Chemistry

Highlights: 

1. Applications are invited for a post doctoral position in the group of Dr. Vibha Bansal in the Department of Chemistry at University of Puerto Rico in Cayey (Undergraduate College).
2. The ideal candidate will have a Ph.D. in the area of natural products chemistry.
3. The position is available for one year beginning June 1, 2010 and it may be renewed based on progress toward research goals and availability of funds. 
4. The candidate is expected to establish a project in the area of natural products in the laboratory.
5. The project involves identifying medicinal plants and preparing their extracts to screen them for presence of protease inhibitors.
6. The screening will involve use of bioassay.
7. The ability to solve problems independently and experience in the areas of organic solvent extractions, modern chromatographic techniques, Mass/NMR Spectroscopy, LC-MS, and structure determination are required.
8. Additional experience in protein separation and characterization will be favorable.
9. Job responsibilities will also include training and supervising undergraduate students in the research laboratory. 
10. The interested candidate should have a Ph.D. or have submitted the thesis prior to taking up the position.
11. Applicants should send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and names and contact information (e-mail, phone number, postal address) of three professional references by e-mail to vibha.bansal@upr.edu.
12. Any further enquiries can also be sent to the same address. Univ of Puerto Rico at Cayey, PR, USA 

Postdoctoral position/PhD position on Imaging Genetics in cognition

Highlights:

1. A 3 years research position to identify genes implicated in brain imaging traits is available in the group of Dr Stéphanie Le Hellard (University of Bergen and Haukeland University Hospital).
2. The project will be conducted in close collaboration with the BETULA project group at the University of Umeå University, Sweden (Profs Lars Nyberg and Lars Göran Nilsson).
3. The candidate will be in charge of the analysis of a whole genome association scan (GWAS) performed in a sample of individuals phenotyped for cognitive and brain imaging traits. The initial findings will be replicated in independent samples.
4. The successful candidate should have knowledge and/or experience in human genetics, in statistical genetics, in brain imaging, in handling large sets of data using packages such as GenABEL, PLINK or R, and be fluent in english.
5. The research environment is highly suitable for the execution of this project with expertise in both large-scale genetic studies in Bergen and large-scale collection of imaging datasets in Umeå.
6. The research position could be attributed to either a PhD candidate or a postdoc depending on the most suitable candidate for the position.