PhD position in Computational Biophysics
University of Zurich
Development of coarse-grained models of biologically relevant macromolecules. Molecular dynamics simulations of protein folding and aggregation.
Master in Physics or Master in Life Science with genuine interest in physics.
3 to 4 years
Examples:
R. Pellarin and A. Caflisch,
Interpreting the aggregation kinetics of amyloid peptides.
J. Mol. Biol. 360 (4), 882 - 892, 2006. [Fulltext (pdf)] [Suppl. Mat. (pdf)]
M. Cecchini, R. Curcio, M. Pappalardo, R. Melki and A. Caflisch,
A molecular dynamics approach to the structural characterization of
amyloid aggregation.
J. Mol. Biol. 357 (4), 1306 - 1321 , 2006. [Fulltext (pdf)] [Suppl. Mat.]
D. Huang, U. Luethi, P. Kolb, M. Cecchini, A. Barberis, and A. Caflisch,
In silico discovery of β-secretase inhibitors.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128 (16), 5436 - 5443, 2006. [Fulltext (pdf)]
[Suppl. Mat.]
A. Caflisch,
Network and graph analyses of folding free energy surfaces.
Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 16, 71 - 78, 2006 [pdf]
To apply, send a curriculum vitae and list of publications to
Professor A. Caflisch
caflisch[at] bioc.uzh. ch
Department of Biochemistry
University of Zurich
Winterthurerstrasse 190
CH-8057 Zurich
Phone: (+41-44) 635 55 21
Office: 44-L-66
website link:
http://www.biochem- caflisch. unizh.ch/ phDPosition. html
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