Post-doc position in Origin of life

Laboratory of Biophysics and Evolution – UMR 8231 CBI

ESPCI Paris
ESPCI Paris is a major institution of higher education (a French "Grande École d’ingénieurs"), an internationally renowned research center (6 Nobel Prizes), and a fertile ground of innovation for industry (3 start-ups created/year). ESPCI is a highly multidisciplinary environment with teaching and research in physics, chemistry and biology.

Laboratory of Biophysics and Evolution
The research will be hosted in the Laboratory Biophysics and Evolution (www.lbe.espci.fr, dir. Philippe Nghe) which is part of the unit Chimie Biologie Innovation UMR 8231 CNRS-ESPCI at ESPCI Paris – PSL University, France (www.espci.psl.eu/en/espci-paris-psl/) a French ‘Grande Ecole’ (6 Nobel prizes) in the heart of Paris.

Requirements
We are seeking a highly motivated post-doc to work on community evolution and the role of lateral gene transfer. Requirements are a PhD in physico-chemistry related to origin of life experiments using self-assembled prebiotic compartments.

Flexibility, autonomy, the ability to work in a highly multidisciplinary team and good interpersonal skills are essential.

Recruitment terms :
Starting date : September
Duration : 3 months renewable
Salary : according to professional experience

Address your applications (CV + cover letter) by email to :
Philippe Nghe( philippe.nghe@espci.psl.eu)
ESPCI Paris – Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics
6 rue Calvin
75005 Paris