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Silberer Vera

NOTICE
Pre- and Postdoctoral positions offered

Applications are invited from young researchers with an interest in
joining a four-year (2000-2003) EU network project aimed at the
development of models to predict toxicity, starting Spring 2000. 
The network consists of laboratories (see the list below) working in
toxicology, computational chemistry and computer science.
Grants, with a minimum period of six months, are available to work in
one of the seven laboratories of the Network.
Grant will be from 1650 to 4000 euro/month, depending on qualification,
experience and location. Pre-doc positions are compatible with PhD
studies.

Interested candidates should send an application including CV, summary
of research interests and preferred location to:
Dr Emilio Benfenati
Head, Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology
Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri"
Via Eritrea 62, 20157 Milano, Italy
Tel: +39-02-39014420   Fax: +39-02-39001916
e-mail: 
benfenati AT irfmn.mnegri.it
http://www.irfmn.mnegri.it/ambsal/chem-toxi/Benfenati.htm
http://www.irfmn.mnegri.it/ambsal/chem-toxi/Default.htm


Network Title: Intelligent Modelling Algorithms for the General
Evaluation of TOXicities 
Network Short Title: IMAGETOX


The Co-ordinator

Dr Emilio Benfenati, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”,
Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Milan, Italy

The Members

Dr. M. Cronin, Liverpool John Moores University, School of Pharmacy and
Chemistry, United Kingdom 
(m.t.cronin AT livjm.ac.uk)

Prof. J. Hermens, Utrecht University, Research Institute of Toxicology,
Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, The Netherlands
(j.hermens AT ritox.vet.uu.nl)

Prof. G. Gini, Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica e
Informazione, Italy 
(gini AT elet.polimi.it)

Dr. M. Vracko, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia
(marjan.vracko AT ki.si)

Prof. G. Schüürmann, UFZ Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig,
Germany 
(gs AT uoe.ufz.de)

Prof. M. Karelson, University of Tartu, Department of Chemistry, Estonia
(mati AT chem.ut.ee).


Conditions

The researcher must be 35 years old or less at the time of his
appointment (allowances are possible for special cases).

The researcher must be a holder of a doctoral degree or of a degree in
an appropriate subject.

The appointment will be for a fixed-term.

The applicant must be a national of a Member State of the European
Community or of an Associated State or have resided in the European
Community for at least five years prior to his appointment.

The applicant must not be a national of the state in which the
participantÂ’s research team appointing him is located and he must not
have carried out his normal activities in that state for more than 12 of
the 24 months prior to his appointment.


Research Program

The present project aims to improve the power of models for toxicity
prediction. It will take advantage of the recent advances in techniques
in computer science (such as multivariate analysis, neural networks,
expert systems, machine learning, and simulated annealing). These will
be applied to the validation (verifying the robustness of reported
models and new predictive ones) and development for real world
applications. 
Different models will be developed for (eco)toxicology and for
environmental fate prediction. For (eco)toxicology different species
will be considered, as well as different mechanisms of toxic action.
In environmental fate, partitioning between compartments in the
environment and into biota will be studied, as well as degradation.