Two PhD Fellowships in Computational Biology and Informatics of Infectious Diseases

Two federally funded PhD Fellowships to study Computational Biology and Informatics of Infectious Diseases are available in the Informatics Institute of the University of Missouri, Columbia. Topics include but not limited to bioinformatics and systems biology of host-pathogen interactions, evolutionary studies of infectious diseases, and biomedical literature mining. The research projects are multidisciplinary and will involve developing new computational and theoretical methods as well as applying those methods to specific biological systems in collaboration with the experimental groups. The duration of each fellowship is 4-5 years. Succesful candidates are expected to start their Ph.D. degree in the summer or fall semesters of 2010. The research interests of our group can be found at the group’s web site at korkinlab.org.

Candidates must be U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents and hold a Master’s Degree in an informatics related field, life sciences, or engineering. Successful candidates are expected to have a solid background in computational sciences and bioinformatics, or a background in biological sciences with a significant quantitative or computational component. Programming experience is a plus. Interested candidates should e-mail their CV and a short statement of research interests to Dmitry Korkin via email: korkin[at]korkinlab.org. The applicants should also include their GRE or GMAT scores, if available. The positions are available until filled.