Postdoctoral Researcher – Machine Learning

The Laboratory of Virology and Antiviral Research (professor Johan Neyts) at the Rega Institute, KU Leuven, is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral computational biology researcher to join our team in the context of the ERC Advanced Grant project ANTIVIRMAP. The project is carried out in a close collaboration with the Bioinformatics laboratory (professor Yves Moreau) at KU Leuven ESAT-STADIUS and

Responsibilities

Antiviral drugs are used to successfully treat infections such as with HIV and HCV. Yet, for most (life)-threatening and neglected infections, there are no such drugs. This leaves also critical gaps in epi- and pandemic preparedness. Antiviral drug discovery efforts typically focus on a few known targets. Yet, the biology of viral replication consists of many more complex processes that should harbor a wealth of undiscovered druggable targets. Thus, a large space of potential druggable biology is entirely ignored. We aim to fundamenta...