Postdoc Position in Bioinformatics A Postdoc position in bioinformatics is immediately available at the newly founded Institute for Bioinformatics at the Johannes Kepler University (JKU) Linz, Austria. The position includes teaching responsibilities and is a tenure position with an evaluation after 6 years. The JKU supplies a perfect environment for bioinformatics research with its strong biophysics and biochemical groups. The research activities in bioinformatics are currently promoted by the Upper Austrian government in its strategic program for future investments in science and technology. The city of Linz, located in the beautiful alpine uplands, is a nice place to live between Salzburg and Vienna (both cities are reachable by an approximately 1,5 hours train trip). The bioinformatics group's research interests currently include, among others, the analysis of microarray and SNP data, protein 3D structure prediction, protein classification, sequence analysis and motif extraction, and molecular dynamics. The ideal applicant will have a PhD in bioinformatics, computer science, biology, mathematics, chemistry or physics. Background in machine learning, data mining or statistics would be helpful. Salary will be paid in accordance with the Austrian government salary scale. Women in particular are invited to apply. If several applicants have approximately equivalent qualifications, the rules on equal opportunities will be applied. Application: CV and additional application documents can be send by 22nd March 2006 to Johannes Kepler University Linz, Personalabteilung der Zentralen Dienste, Altenbergerstr. 69, A-4040 Linz/Auhof, Austria or by email to britta.horwat at jku.at Please refer to number 1346 in your application. For further information please contact: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Sepp Hochreiter Institute for Bioinformatics Johannes Kepler University Linz hochreit at bioinf.jku.at