Scientific Co-Director for Life Sciences
Scientific Co-Director for Life Sciences
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Vienna, Austria
The Co-Director will shape the vision of the AITHYRA institute together with the Director, establish a competitive research program, and play a major role in recruiting faculty and staff. AITHYRA will hire 10-14 junior and senior research groups, provide a substantial computational and experimental infrastructure and state-of-the-art AI-driven robotic labs. The Co-Director will have an internationally competitive salary, a generous annual research budget (personnel, consumables, equipment) and access to the entire research infrastructure of the Vienna BioCenter campus with its 1,900 scientists and 5,000 bachelor and master students from over 40 different countries. Core resources will comprise scientific and technical support for stem cell research, transgenic animal models, advanced microscopy, metabolomics, flow cytometry and cell sorting, next generation sequencing, and preclinical imaging and phenotyping.
The position requires the ideal candidate to have:
- PhD in biochemistry, molecular biology, structural biology, genetics or a related field;
- Experience as PI of a lab with a track record of cutting-edge research in biological fields (in particular, molecular biology and biochemistry);
- Good knowledge and understanding of modern ML and track record of using and developing new ML methods for biological applications;
- Excellent publication record;
- Track record of attracting competitive grants;
- Track record of working with multidisciplinary collaborators (biologists, chemists, computer scientists, clinicians);
- Leadership and team management skills.
It will be beneficial for the candidate to have:
- Experience with research commercialization, technology transfer, and creation of start-up companies;
- Experience in the biotech industry (in particular, drug design);
- Track record of attracting industrial funding.
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