A postdoctoral research fellow position (junior postdoc / senior postdoc) is available in the Breitling group in the Bioinformatics Institute (BII), A*STAR, Singapore in the area of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for (Bio)retrosynthesis and biosynthetic pathway engineering.

In the Breitling group, we believe that computational approaches can make a real difference for scientific progress in the life sciences. We are committed to academic excellence and have created tools, such as antiSMASH, ipaPy2, RankProd and Selenzyme, that are used by thousands of researchers in academia and industry world-wide. We value curiosity, creativity and innovation, and support the intellectual growth and career development of our team members. Alumni of the Breitling group have moved on to build their own start-up companies and have joined the faculty of major universities.

The successful candidate will be part of an interdisciplinary team working on the development of computational tools to support the Design-Build-Test-Learn cycle of synthetic biology, in close collaboration with the team of experimental scientists at A*STAR's newly established Singapore Integrative Biosystems & Engineering Research Strategic Research and Translational Thrust (SIBER SRTT).

Job descriptions:

• Develop and validate novel AI and ML models and methods for (Bio)retrosynthesis and biosynthetic pathway engineering.
• Apply these and other state-of-the-art computational tools to inform, guide and support the work of experimental biologists and biosystems engineers.
• Work closely with the other members of the computational synthetic biology team in BII, as well as with the team of experimental biologists at SIBER SRTT, to realise the shared mission of driving synthetic biology advances towards industrial implementation.
• Present findings at seminars, meetings and national / international conferences.
• Write manuscripts for publication in high-impact scientific journals.
• Prepare high-quality software for use by the wider community of researchers.
• Apply proactively for individual research grants as part of career development and contribute to the writing of larger grant applications.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with the local and international research network.

The above eligibility criteria are not exhaustive. A*STAR may include additional selection criteria based on its prevailing recruitment policies. These policies may be amended from time to time without notice. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.