Corpora: Post Doc at Sheffield

[Mark Sanderson]

                 University of Sheffield and Syngenta

            Probabilistic Prediction Of Bioactivity Using
                        Structural Descriptors


Applications are invited for a three-year post-doctoral fellowship on
the development of computer techniques for predicting the biological
activity of chemical compounds in agrochemical lead-discovery
programmes.  Applicants for this position, which is a collaboration
between Syngenta’s Jealott’s Hill research centre and the Department
of Information Studies at the University of Sheffield, should have a
background in data mining or scientific computing.  The position is on
the RA1A scale, with the starting salary in the range £16,775-£18,731
per annum, and is available from 1st March 2001.

For informal discussions on this position, please contact Prof. Peter
Willett at the University of Sheffield (0114-2222633 or
p.willett at sheffield.ac.uk)


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Mark Sanderson, Room 303                   Tel   : +44 (0) 114 22 22648
Department of Information Studies          Fax   : +44 (0) 114 27 80300
University of Sheffield, Western Bank      mailto:m.sanderson at shef.ac.uk
Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK                     http://dis.shef.ac.uk/mark/
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