Fully Funded PhD: ML-Guided Directed Evolution

University of Groningen via AcademicTransfer; Netherlands; In loco; EUR 32.000 - 40.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Fully funded

Descrizione del lavoro

Three fully funded PhD positions (4 years) at the University of Groningen or the Technical University of Eindhoven within the ML‑GUIDE project, merging directed evolution, sequencing, and deep learning to accelerate design of biomolecules with therapeutic or catalytic potential. You will be embedded in one of three research groups and focus on engineering a biomolecule and its function, supervised by senior researchers.

Start between 01-11-2026 and 01-03-2026.

Competenze

• MSc degree (or equivalent) in (Bio)chemistry, Biotechnology, Computational Chemistry, Synthetic Chemistry/Biology or related field.
• Experience in directed evolution, molecular machine learning, sequencing or synthetic chemistry is highly preferred.
• Interest in inter-disciplinary work at the interface of synthetic biology, ML and chemistry.
• Research-oriented, analytical, and well-organised with good communication.

Mansioni

• Develop a first-in-class ML-guided design framework for biomolecules.
• Merge directed evolution, sequencing and deep learning to accelerate cycles.
• Collaborate with three groups to engineer a biomolecule and its function.
• Contribute to a cross-disciplinary team and publish results.

Conoscenze

Directed evolution

Molecular machine learning

Next-generation sequencing

Synthetic chemistry

Formazione

MSc degree in related field

Descrizione del lavoro

Three fully funded PhD positions (4 years) at the University of Groningen or the Technical University of Eindhoven within the ML‑GUIDE project, merging directed evolution, sequencing, and deep learning to accelerate design of biomolecules with therapeutic or catalytic potential. You will be embedded in one of three research groups and focus on engineering a biomolecule and its function, supervised by senior researchers.

Start between 01-11-2026 and 01-03-2026.