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Tyndall National Institute, Computational Modelling Group
PhD Studentship
Simulating the Behaviour of Organic Macromolecules at the LiquidLiquid Interface
We seek a highly-motivated person to work in the Computational Modelling
Group at the Tyndall National Institute in Cork, Ireland. The work will be
carried out in collaboration with experimentalists in the Life Sciences Interface
group led by Dr. Damien Arrigan at Tyndall, and will involve the use of
computational techniques at the forefront of nanotechnology and
biochemistry. In particular, state of the art and newly developed molecular
dynamics methods will be used to simulate and understand the behaviour of
dendrimers at liquid-liquid interfaces, important for drug and gene delivery
systems. Electronic structure methods will also be used, to obtain parameters
for molecular dynamics and to investigate metal ion stabilisation in the
solvated dendrimers.
Candidates with a good honours degree in chemistry/physics/biology or
related fields and with a strong interest in computational methods are
encouraged to apply. The selected candidate(s) will be put forward for the
Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering & Technology (www.ircset.ie)
postgraduate research scholarship scheme. Previous experience of modelling
chemical/biochemical systems is an advantage, but not required, as full
training will be given to the successful candidate.
Further details of our Institute, including an overview of the Computational
Modelling group, can be found at our website www.tyndall.ie.
For more details please contact Dr. Damien Thompson, Computational
Modelling Group, Tyndall National Institute, Lee Maltings, Cork, Ireland.
[email protected]. phone:+353 (0)21 490 4327 fax: +353 (0)21 4270 271.