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                  <span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">I have funding
                    for two new computational biology modelling postdocs
                    in my Uppsala University lab, Sweden on integrated
                    projects working with several highly distinguished
                    vascular biology collaborators: Elizabetta Dejana,
                    Lena Claesson-Welsh, Christer Betsholtz and Taija
                    Makinen.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                  <span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Full job
                    advert and application process: <a
href="https://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/jobs/621977-postdoc-position-in-computational-modeling"
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                  <span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">The roles
                    involve developing new detailed spatiotemporal
                    multiscale cell simulations (experience in
                    individual-based modelling a definite plus) and
                    creative collaborative problem solving with
                    experimentalists, thus strong programming and
                    communication skills are both essential. The
                    projects focus on understanding endothelial cell
                    dynamics in blood vessel growth and why vessels
                    become abnormally enlarged and dysfunctionally leaky
                    in many diseases such as cancer and blindness, with
                    the ultimate aim to help develop novel therapeutic
                    strategies.  Knowledge of the biology area is not
                    expected, but a passion for learning new
                    skills/areas is essential!<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                  <span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">These
                    positions provide a great opportunity to develop
                    towards independence in cross-disciplinary research
                    as the projects involve working with internationally
                    leading researchers in this area and becoming part
                    of a computational lab with two transatlantic
                    locations (Boston University USA and Uppsala
                    University Sweden, though these roles will primarily
                    be based in Sweden, there will be many opportunities
                    to travel).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                  <span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Please contact
                    me if you have any questions,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                  <span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Many thanks,<o:p
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                  <span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Kate <o:p
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                  <span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Dr Katie
                    Bentley<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                  <span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Assistant
                    Professor,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p
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                  <span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">University of
                    Uppsala, Sweden<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                  <span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Research
                    Assistant Professor,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                  <span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Boston
                    University, USA<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                  <span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Group Leader, <o:p
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                  <span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Cellular
                    Adaptive Behaviour Lab,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                  <span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Uppsala /
                    Boston<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                  <span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">web:<span
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                      href="http://www.igp.uu.se/research/vascular-biology/katie-bentley/"
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                        lang="EN-GB">http://www.igp.uu.se/research/vascular-biology/katie-bentley/</span></a></span><span
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                  <span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">email: <span
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                      href="mailto:Katie.bentley@igp.uu.se"
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                        style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""
                        lang="EN-GB">Katie.bentley@igp.uu.se</span></a></span><span
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                      href="mailto:kbentley@bidmc.harvard.edu"
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                        style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">katieab@bu.edu</span></a><o:p
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