Student 3rd, 4th or 5th academic year
Special field: Bioinormatics, Microbiology, Biochemistry
Company: Austrian Centre for Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB)
Web site: http://www.acib.at
Contact person: Juergen Zanghellini
E-mail: juergen.zanghellini@acib.at
Tel.: +43 1 47654 8042;
The company
ACIB is an Austrian company which cares for areas of industrial biotechnology and focuses its research on biocatalysis, enzymes, protein and pharmaceuticals using techniques of chemistry, biology and genetic engineering. “Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology” stands for new production processes with higher economic efficiency and products with improved ecological efficiency, with higher purity and quality.
The mission
We are looking for an engineer/master student with some programming experience. Typically, we use perl, matlab and/or mathematica. However, coding experience is not an prerequisite, as long as he/she will be open for computational work. In our lab she/he will pick up some mathematical/programing skills. We actively collaborate with wet lab scientist, but we do NOT do any wet lab research.
Two major projects are concerned with:
(*) the computational design of a lap-on-chip device. The sensor will be applied to measure cell biomass.
(*) reconstruction of metabolic network for various e. coli, lactobacillus and pichia strains. These models are used to predict genetic interventions for optimal recombinant protein production in those hosts.
Your profile
- Very good written and oral English
- Knowledge of perl, matlab and/or mathematica
- Willingness to work and to gain knowledge
- Good communication skills
- Ability to work independently
Offer
We offer a very international and dynamic working environment, which is strongly results oriented. Our research organization is located in Vienna (Austria).
The offer is addressed to students of 3rd,4th or 5th academic year, who can go under the LLP Erasmus Program. No additional payment is granted. We can provide assistance for looking for accommodation in Vienna, but we do not cover costs for accomodation. We ensure all needed equipment and internal trainings.
Applying
If you are interested, please send your application in English, containing CV, cover letter, references from previous jobs or trainings and transcript of records to the following address: juergen.zanghellini@acib.at until 15.12.2011.
More information about our work you can find on the following website:
http://lamp3.tugraz.at/~acib/index.php/wbPage/wbShow/metabolicmodelling
