A two year post doctoral position is available at Leiden University, The Netherlands (http://www.bfsc.leidenuniv.nl/) in computational methods development. The position will be for the derivation and implementation of new algorithms for exploiting all the available information in macromolecular crystal structure solutions using multivariate statistical methods.
To get a better idea of the methods we use, check out our references for some applications already done: (http://www.bfsc.leidenuniv.nl/software/crank/references.html) The methods are implemented within our Crank suite (http://www.bfsc.leidenuniv.nl/software/crank/) [*] and in Refmac in collaboration with Garib Murshudov (http://www.ysbl.york.ac.uk/~garib/refmac/latest_refmac.html#experimental). A good knowledge of mathematics/probabilistic methods and computer programming is important for the successful completion of the project. Funding for this position is from the Dutch organization for scientific research (Netherlandse organisatie voor wetenschappelijk onderzoek: http://www.nwo.nl). For more information, please feel free to contact me! * An official (and *much* improved) version of Crank will be in the upcoming CCP4 6.1 release and from our web site in Leiden - I'll send another email when it is available for download.
