2 postdocs in yeast biology and laboratory automation

The King group is recruiting 2 postdocs to help develop and run ‘Genesis’, a 3rd generation a Robot Scientist, designed to transform the practice of yeast (S. cerevisiae) systems biology.

A Robot Scientist is an autonomous laboratory automation system that applies artificial intelligence to automate the discovery of scientific knowledge through cycles of experimentation. When complete Genesis will have 10,000 micro-chemostats where AI designed hypothesis-led experiments will be executed. With Genesis we aim to transform how science is done.

The candidates will also help to run and maintain the Robot Scientist Eve, which is designed to automate early-stage drug design in neglected tropical diseases.

About the Division of Systems and Synthetic Biology 
The Division of Systems and Synthetic Biology at the Chalmers University of Technology is one of the world leading research environments in systems and synthetic biology. Our research interests involve a wide range of activities from understanding the fundamental operational principles of metabolism and studies of metabolic diseases, to highly applied research directed towards development of new cell factories, e.g. used as next generation drug discovery and production platforms.

-The details of the departmental research activities may be found here.

Major responsibilities
Your major responsibility as postdoc is to perform your own research in a research group. The position also includes teaching on undergraduate and master's levels as well as supervising master's and/or PhD students to a certain extent. Another important aspect involves collaboration within academia and with society at large. The position is meritorious for future research duties within academia as well as industry/the public sector.

As a postdoc you will also:
Developing, running, and maintaining the Robot Scientist Genesis
Running and maintaining the Robot Scientist Eve
Collaboration with other team members - sharing and intagration of data

Position summary
Full-time temporary employment. The position is limited to a maximum of two years (1+1).

Qualifications for both positions
To qualify for the position of postdoc, you must have a doctoral degree in laboratory science with experience with laboratory automation; the degree should generally not be older than three years. You are expected to be somewhat accustomed to teaching, and to demonstrate good potential within research and education.

The position requires sound verbal and written communication skills in Swedish and English. If Swedish is not your native language, you should be able to teach in Swedish on undergraduate level after two years. Chalmers offers Swedish courses.

For position number 1 the successful candidate have:
Mandatory
Experience with metabolite mass spectrometry or/and next generation sequencing
Experience of working with yeast

Meritorious
Experience using, adapting, and programming laboratory automation.
Experience with systems biology software.
Experience with bioinformatics software.
A strong publication record.

For the postion number 2 the successful candidate have:
Mandatory
Experience using, adapting, and programming laboratory automation.
Experience of working with yeast

Meritorious
Experience with systems biology software.
Experience with bioinformatics software.
Experience with metabolite mass spectrometry
Experience with next generation sequencing
A strong publication record. 

Chalmers continuously strives to be an attractive employer. Equality and diversity are substantial foundations in all activities at Chalmers.

Our offer to you
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Application procedure
The application should be marked with Ref 20190718 and written in English. The application should be sent electronically and be attached as pdf-files, as below:

Mark in your application with which postion you are applying for. If you apply for number 1, number 2 or both. 

CV: (Please name the document as: CV, Surname, Ref. number) including:
• CV, include complete list of publications
• Previous teaching and pedagogical experiences
• Two references that we can contact.

Personal letter: (Please name the document as: Personal letter, Family name, Ref. number)
1-3 pages where you:
• Introduce yourself
• Describe your previous research fields and main research results
• Describe your future goals and future research focus

Other documents:
• Attested copies of completed education, grades and other certificates.

Please use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form. The files may be compressed (zipped).

Application deadline: 15 March 2020

For questions, please contact:
Prof. Ross D. King, rossk@chalmers.se

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