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As seen in the 01 June issue of
Science:
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and
the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG)
are searching for up to
two department directors for the
CAS – MPG PARTNER INSTITUTE FOR
COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY (PICB) in Shanghai
Legally and administratively the Partner Institute is an institute of the CAS, located on the CAS Campus of the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS).
The aim of this interdisciplinary and theoretically oriented Institute is to account for the increasing involvement of mathematical, computer-science and engineering methods in modern biology and to allow for novel approaches of research at the interfaces between disciplines (e.g. bioinformatics, computational biology, systems biology, computational biophysics, theoretical neurobiology or evolutionary biology).
The proximity to experimentally oriented, internationally competitive research institutes on the SIBS campus guarantees close scientific cooperation and interaction between theoretical and experimental research. Strong collaboration with one or more Max Planck Institutes in Germany is expected from the directors and will be expressively documented and fostered by appointing them as External Scientific Members of MPG.
To aid the final definition of promising research areas and the identification of suitable candidates, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft will jointly organize a
Symposium on Perspectives in Computational and Theoretical Biology to be held in Shanghai on 24 - 25 Oct, 2007.
We invite applications from scientists with an outstanding international research record who are willing to take full advantage of the unique challenge of leading the research at this interdisciplinary and theoretical/computational institute by cooperating with the experimental institutes on the SIBS campus and in association with a Max Planck Institute in Germany.
The recruitment and appointment procedure for the director positions will be carried out jointly by CAS and MPG. The positions will offer full scientific and economic independence comparable to that of a director/head of department at a Max Planck Institute.
The initial appointment will be for five years and can be extended after review by the Institute’s internationally composed Scientific Advisory Board.
Qualified candidates should submit a curriculum vitae, a short statement of research interests and scientific goals, reprints of key publications and the topic (or abstract) of the intended presentation at the symposium.
To ensure full consideration, please submit a hard copy of your application before
July 31, 2007 to
CHEN Zhu (Vice President of CAS)
Chinese Academy of Sciences
52 Sanlihe Road
Beijing 100864
P.R. China
and PDF-files of your application to the contact persons in Munich and Shanghai:
Barbara
SPIELMANN
E-mail: spielmann@gv.mpg.de
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung
der Wissenschaften
Hofgartenstrasse 8
D – 80539 München, Germany
Tel.: +49-89-2108 1365
Fax: +49-89-2108 1041
CHEN Yi
E-mail: ychen@sibs.ac.cn
CAS/MPG Partner Institute for
Computational Biology
Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
319 Yue Yang Road
Shanghai 200031, P.R. China
Tel.: +86-21-5492-0456
Fax: +86-21-5492-0451
5829xM14207-P565220
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