Dear CCP4 Community,

We are excited to announce a unique postdoctoral opportunity for a STEM professional to work on innovative AI applications in structural biology through the ARISE2 MSCA-funded fellowship programme.

 

Our project, led by the Pereira and Velankar teams, aims to tackle computational challenges in predicting protein function using AI-based approaches. Our work will focus on:

  • Using structural and sequence data to create training and benchmark datasets for developing AI methods
  • Developing advanced AI techniques to predict protein function
  • Utilising Knowledge Graph (KG) techniques to provide enriched functional annotations, facilitating more effective data interpretation and knowledge transfer between related proteins. 


Location and Duration

  • Primary Location: EMBL-EBI, Cambridge, UK

  • Regular collaboration and visits to VIB AI in Leuven, Belgium, are expected.

  • The position is for 3 years.

 

Application

Please submit a two-page CV and a two-page project proposal related to the area outlined above to Sameer Velankar at sameer@ebi.ac.uk and joana.pereira@kuleuven.be by 5 September 2025. 

 

The two-page proposal should cover the following areas –

  • Background, proposed project

  • Expected results & their impact

  • Service to be offered

  • Consideration of FAIR principles

     

This is a preliminary proposal. In the second step, we will select one candidate by 16 September at the latest. The selected candidate will then submit a full proposal by the deadline for the ARISE2 call on 30 September.

 

More information about the ARISE2 programme can be found at https://www.embl.org/training/arise2/

Please take a look at the guidelines and project proposal template available on the ARISE2 website.


Contacts:

Best Wishes,

Sameer and Joana


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