The Instituto Biofisika (CSIC-UPV/EHU) (https://biofisika.org), located at the Leioa Campus of the University of the Basque Country will open a call for research scientist positions at predoctoral levels. Successful candidates will join the Laboratory for Numerical Methods of Cryo Electron Tomography (cryoET), led by Dr. Daniel Castaño Díez. The group is dedicated to advancing computational methodologies for the automated analysis and interpretation of 3D cellular imagery, primarily through its in-house software platform Dynamo (https://dynamo-em.org).
We offer a PhD contract, linked to the project PID2024-158469NB-I00 “Graph Learning for Classification and Segmentation in Cryo-Electron Tomography”, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. This project aims at extending Dynamo through the integration of novel deep learning techniques for the identification and characterization of small, flexible proteins within their natural surroundings. The successful applicant will contribute to the development of these new methodologies, as well as to the ongoing development and maintenance of the software. Additionally, they will be involved in the analysis of cryoET datasets provided by external collaborators.