A new postdoctoral position has opened at the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR). The available position is in the department Safety of Pesticides of the BfR and especially in the unit “Testing and Assessment Strategies“. The activities includes:  modeling of Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOP) in silico, bioinformatic preparation and statistical analysis of omics data, contributing to the development of regulatory concepts for ab initio testing using in silico based NAMs, and also the publication of the acquired results.

The unit is looking for a person with a degree preferably in bioinformatics, chemoinformatics, computer science or a comparable discipline who has experience with modeling omics data is an advantage in the field of toxicology. You can access the entire job description as well as the application platform by clicking on the following link: Ph.D. job position in BfR full description.

Applications are open until March 2nd.

The RISK-HUNT3R project was officially launched on 01 June 2021. An online kick-off meeting was held on 15+16 June 2021, bringing together all consortium members for networking and coordinating the work. This first virtual gathering is planned to be complemented with a physical meeting in autumn this year if the public health situation so allows.