We are seeking for two highly committed PhD students in physics/physical chemistry. Work will be performed in the framework of the project "Structure and Elasticity of Liquid Ordered/Liquid Disordered Domains" funded by the Austrian Science Funds FWF. The central aim of this project is to design and improve lipid models that resemble essential features of functional biological membranes. The work includes a strong collaboration with international leading researchers in the fields of physics, biophysics and cell biology offering access to a broad selection of experimental and theoretical techniques including simulations. The major technique applied will be X-ray diffraction, including Synchrotron experiments at the Austro-SAXS beamline in Italy. Tutorial trips to Cornell University and ORNL (USA), MPI (Dresden Germany) and JSI (Slovenia) will be part of the training. Application deadline: Feb. 2nd 2012.

Georg Pabst
georg.pabst(a)oeaw.ac.at
Institute of Biophysics and Nanosystems Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Graz, Austria