Ph.D. student or post-doc level, (TV-L 13) for contextual reasoning and representation (Karlsruhe)

The TecO research group at the chair of Pervasive Computing at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) invites applications for a research position (doctoral student or post-doctoral level) in the area of contextual reasoning for digital preservation of business processes within the EU FP7 project TIMBUS (Timeless Business: http://timbusproject.net/ and http://www.teco.edu/research/projects/timbus/index.html).

The ideal candidate combines a strong background in knowledge representation/engineering and semantic web technologies with openness to interdisciplinary scientific viewpoints and application areas. Applicants must have a master (doctoral student position) or Ph.D. (post-doctoral position) in computer science or a closely related field, and be fluent in English and/or German.

KIT combines the mission of a university with that of a large-scale research center of the Helmholtz Association. With 8000 employees and an annual budget of EUR 650 millions, KIT is one of the largest research and education institutions worldwide. The TecO at KIT is an internationally well-renowned research group in Ubiquitous Computing and wireless sensor networks and has significant experience in the area of reasoning in context-aware systems.

Detailed application information can be found on http://www.teco.edu/research/projects/timbus/jobs/. Review of applications will begin on October 1, 2011 and continue until the position is filled.

KIT is an equal opportunity employer and particularly encourages applications from women and members of minorities. Candidates with physical disabilities will be given preference. The salary is commensurate with experience (TV-L 13).

Postdoctoral position: mRNA-Biology (Processing, Transport and Translation)

Many diseases, like cancer or neurodegenerative diseases result from incorrectly processed mRNAs. This project aims to understand mRNA-processing and quality control as well as mRNA transport and translation. By using a variety of different methods, proteins will be identified and characterized that are involved in these processes. Moreover, we study the regulation and the linkage between processing, transport, quality control and translation. We use the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model organism in which we combined cell biological and biochemical methods with genetics. Additionally we use human cell culture. The studies will lead to a better understanding of gene expression.

http://www.img.bio.uni-goettingen.de/molgen.htm

Articles:
Hackmann et al. 2011, EMBO-Rep., in press
Khoshnevis et al. 2010, EMBO-Rep., 214-219
Gross et al. 2007, Science 315, 646-649

Reviews:
Tutucci and Stutz, 2011, Molecular Cell Biology 12, 377-384
Baierlein and Krebber, 2010, RNA-Biology 7, 548-550
Huang and Steitz, 2005, Molecular Cell 17, 613-615

Applications via email are welcome.

Post-doctoral position : Laser cooled atoms to realize a mono-energetic electrons source. (Orsay, Paris, FRANCE)

The goal of this 1.5 years post-doctoral position is to produce a novel source of bright electrons and to apply it to nanoscience experiments. The main idea is to laser cool a continuous intense neutral atomic beam issued from a 2-D cesium Magneto-Optical Trap, currently working in the lab, excite the atoms in very high excited states (so called Rydberg states) that are finally field ionized. The so formed very monoenergetic ion and electron beams will have unique characteristic and are ought to have a huge impact on a wealth of research and application domains. The setup will be first tested at Laboratoire Aimé Cotton (LAC) where the laser cooling and ionization will be. As soon as simple tests are achieved (early 2012), the apparatus shall be moved to Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay (ISMO) to use the exclusive focusing capability targeted by our source (1 nA current focused at nanometer scale with less than 10meV energy resolution) to realize an Electron Control!
 led Chemical Lithography (ECCL) experiment.

The ideal candidate should have skills in atom-laser interaction (laser cooling, Rydberg physics or laser spectroscopy) and possibly in ion or electron lithography, Know-how of ion/electron optics and  related simulation programs (SIMION, COMSOL) is also welcome.
This post-doc would be realized in the framework of the COLDBEAMS (ultra-COLD gas for the production of a Bright Electron And Monochromatic ion Source) Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways project (FP7-PEOPLE-IAPP). The candidate will then have strong contact with the Dipartimento di Fisica of the Università di Pisa (UNIPI) and with the SME, Orsay Physics (France), one of the leading companies in realization and commercialization of Focused Ion Beams (FIB).

The salary will be calculated according to UE category standards. A mobility allowance is included.