Theoretical Biophysics PhD position

27 May 2023
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)

Research Field

Physics

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Netherlands

Application Deadline

30 Jun 2023 - 21:59 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Not Applicable

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

This project is a four-year theoretical project in collaboration with experimentalists. It focuses on questions of precision surrounding virus gene regulation and packaging, especially in the context of coronaviruses. The project will be pursued in collaboration with experimental colleagues as part of the NWO-XL consortium Sars-CoV-2.

One of the coronavirus proteins is involved in gene regulation and the initial stages of packaging, but how it fulfills these different roles is unclear. We will study this question as an example of how efficient and precise certain intracellular processes are. The practical work will use tools from statistical physics (e.g. Ising models), simulations (stochastic Gillespie as well as polymer simulations) and analytic calculations, connected to information theory and stochastic/non-equilibrium thermodynamics. During your PhD, you will need to develop these techniques. You should be interested in the broader as well as concrete biological questions, and collaboration with our colleagues.

Requirements
Specific Requirements

You have a degree in physics, mathematics, nano-biology or a related natural science discipline, with a strong interest in theory as well as biophysics. You are excited about biophysics and on processes on the molecular level; you like programming as well as some analytic calculations and enjoy statistical physics or soft matter. You enjoy working collaboratively, both within in this new theory research group, the Bionanoscience theory sector and the experimental collaborators from the NWO-XL consortium. Good communication skills in English are required.

Additional Information
Benefits

We offer an appointment as PhD student for a period of 1.5 year, which will be extended with a second term of 2.5 years if the candidate performs well. Remuneration will be according to the PhD scales set by the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO NU), and will range from € 2.541 per month in the first year to € 3.247 per month in the fourth year (gross amounts, in case of fulltime employment). Applicants should have the right to work in the Netherlands for the duration of the contract. Fulltime is considered to be 38 hours per week.

Selection process

Are you interested in this vacancy? Please apply before 30 June 2023 via the application button and upload the following information in English (pdf format only):

Letter of motivation (generic letters will be disregarded).

Detailed CV.

Three names of potential references.

Additional comments

For more information about this vacancy, please contact Marianne Bauer.

Website for additional job details

https://www.academictransfer.com/328428/

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Delft University of Technology

Country

Netherlands

City

Delft

Postal Code

2628 CD

Street

Mekelweg 2

Where to apply

Website

https://www.academictransfer.com/328428/theoretical-biophysics-phd-position/app…

Contact

City

Delft

Website

http://www.tudelft.nl/

Street

Mekelweg 2

Postal Code

2628 CD

STATUS: EXPIRED