Mendes Research Group

Postdoc position in iron metabolism modeling in Farmington, CT

Posted on: Aug 20, 2014

We have an open position for a postdoctoral researcher to work on the area of iron metabolism modeling at the Center for Quantitative Medicine at the University of Connecticut Health Center (Farmington, CT). The ideal candidate is an individual with a PhD in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics or associated areas, and who has knowledge of modeling biochemical networks using ODEs. Experience with COPASI or other SBML software packages preferred.

To apply, please send your CV, a brief statement of research interests, and contact information for three references to Kathy Black at kblack@uchc.edu

The University of Connecticut is an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity employer,
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For details of our work on iron modeling, please consult these publications:

• Mitchell S , Mendes P (2013) A computational model of liver iron metabolism. PLoS Computational Biology 9: e1003299 [full text]
• Chifman J, Kniss A, Neupane P, Williams I, Leung, B, Deng Z, Mendes P, Hower V, Torti FM, Akman SA, Torti SV, Laubenbacher R (2012) The core control system of intracellular iron homeostasis: A mathematical model. J. Theoretical Biology 300, 91-99 [full text]
• Hower, V., Mendes, P., Torti, F.M., Laubenbacher, R., Akman, S., Shulaev, V. Torti, S.V. (2009) A General Map of Iron Metabolism and Tissue-Specific Subnetworks, Molecular Biosystems, 5, 422-43. [full text]