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PRE- AND POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS AVAILABLE Applications are invited from young researchers with an interest in joining a four-year (2000-2003) EU network project aimed at the development of models to predict toxicity, starting Spring 2000. The network consists of laboratories (see the list below) working in toxicology, computational chemistry and computer science. Grants are available to work in one of the seven laboratories of the Network. Grant will be from 1650 to 4320 Euro/month, depending on qualification, experience and location. Pre-doc positions are compatible with PhD studies. Post-doc positions require that the candidate holds (or is near to obtain) a PhD. Interested candidates should send an application (including CV, summary of research interests and preferred location) to: Dr Emilio Benfenati Head, Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri" Via Eritrea 62, 20157 Milano, Italy Tel: +39-02-39014420 Fax: +39-02-39001916 e-mail: benfenati@irfmn.mnegri.it http://www.irfmn.mnegri.it/ambsal/chem-toxi/Benfenati.htm http://www.irfmn.mnegri.it/ambsal/chem-toxi/Default.htm Network Title: Intelligent Modelling Algorithms for the General Evaluation of TOXicities (IMAGETOX) The Co-ordinator: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Milan, Italy Contact person: Dr Emilio Benfenati (benfenati@irfmn.mnegri.it) The Members - Dr. M. Cronin, Liverpool John Moores University, School of Pharmacy and Chemistry, United Kingdom (m.t.cronin@livjm.ac.uk) - Prof. J. Hermens, Utrecht University, Research Institute of Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, The Netherlands (j.hermens@ritox.vet.uu.nl) - Prof. G. Gini, Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione, Milano, Italy (gini@elet.polimi.it) - Dr. M. Vracko, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia (marjan.vracko@ki.si) - Prof. G. Schüürmann, UFZ Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany (gs@uoe.ufz.de) - Prof. M. Karelson, University of Tartu, Department of Chemistry, Estonia (mati@chem.ut.ee). Conditions for EU grants The researcher must be 35 years old or less at the time of his appointment (allowances are possible for special cases). The researcher must be a holder of a doctoral degree or of a degree in an appropriate subject in Science or Engineering. The appointment will be for a fixed-term. The applicant must be a national of a Member State of the European Community or of an Associated State or have resided in the European Community for at least five years prior to his appointment. The applicant must choose a Centre located in a state different from his national state and he must not have carried out his activities in that state for more than 12 of the 24 months prior to his appointment. Research Program The present project aims to improve the power of models for toxicity prediction. It will take advantage of the recent advances in computer science (such as multivariate analysis, neural networks, expert systems, machine learning, and simulated annealing). Candidates in Computer Science are expected to work on Machine Learning and KDD and to develop theories and systems. These will be applied to the validation (verifying the robustness of reported models and new predictive ones) and development for real world applications. Different models will be developed for (eco)toxicology and for environmental fate prediction. For (eco)toxicology different species will be considered, as well as different mechanisms of toxic action. In environmental fate, partitioning between compartments in the environment and into biota will be studied, as well as degradation. - - - - Giuseppina C. Gini DEI, Politecnico di Milano piazza L. da Vinci 32, I-20133 MILANO fax: (+39) 02-2399.3411 phone: (+39) 02-2399.3626 e-mail: gini@elet.polimi.it http://www.elet.polimi.it/people/gini/ http://www.elet.polimi.it/AAAI-PT member http://www.worldses.org
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Interested candidates should send an application (including CV, summary of research interests and preferred location) to: Dr Emilio Benfenati Head, Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri" Via Eritrea 62, 20157 Milano, Italy Tel: +39-02-39014420 Fax: +39-02-39001916 e-mail: benfenati@irfmn.mnegri.it http://www.irfmn.mnegri.it/ambsal/chem-toxi/Benfenati.htm http://www.irfmn.mnegri.it/ambsal/chem-toxi/Default.htm
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