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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Dear
friends and colleagues,</div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">There
are 5 positions available for the PhD in
"Physics and Chemistry of Biological Systems" at the
International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste,
Italy.</div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><b>The
application deadline is January 21, 2020 for non EU students
and March 3, 2020, for EU students</b></div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Students
are expected to join the written and oral exam on March 25.
Non EU students might be selected directly with a Skype
interview or might receive a fellowship to be invited to
participate to the written exam. <span
style="font-size:12.8px">See below for contributions towards
traveling expenses.</span></div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Applicants
should have a good background in Physics, Chemistry, Applied
Mathematics or related subjects and are expected to obtain
their Laurea Specialistica or equivalent degree by Autumn
2020.</div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">The
announcement can be found here:</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a
href="https://www.sissa.it/sbp/phdsection/phd.php"
style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.sissa.it/sbp/phdsection/phd.php</a><br>
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style="font-size:12.8px"><br>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Notice
that <b>SISSA can cover, in full or in part, the expenses of
students</b> who, after the first screening based on CV and
letters of presentations, are admitted to the local entrance
exam. Please contact <a href="mailto:bussi@sissa.it"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">bussi@sissa.it</a> for
further information.</div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Admitted
students will have the opportunity to follow a one-year
educational program in an international and interdisciplinary
environment, followed by three years of active research in one
of the following areas:</div>
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<ul>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Structural bioinformatics</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Statistical mechanics of
complex molecular systems</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Self-assembly</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Biomolecular simulations</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Simulations of rare events</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Data science of complex and
biomolecular systems</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Polymer physics</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Bayesian statistical models
applied to high-dimensional biomedicine (data science
fellowship)<br>
</li>
</ul>
<div>One of the 5 positions is bound to the data science
project.</div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">For
further information about the available research lines and
past entrance exams see:</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a
href="http://www.sissa.it/sbp/phdsection/entranceexam.php"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.sissa.it/sbp/phdsection/entranceexam.php</a></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">and
related webpages.</div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">You
can also find a flyer at this link:</div>
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<div><a
href="https://www.sissa.it/sbp/phdsection/flyer_sbp_2020.pdf"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.sissa.it/sbp/phdsection/flyer_sbp_2020.pdf</a><br>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Feel
free to forward this notice to anyone who might be interested.</div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">With
my best regards,</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Giovanni
Bussi</div>
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