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NO. 5350 - UC researcher offers (Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology of Cantabria)

Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria, The C.O.I.E. of the University of Cantabria announces a selection process for researchers for the following research project "OPTIMIZATION OF CYANOBACTERIAL EVOLUTIO TRHOUGH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. PROJECT CNS2023-144896 Funded by MICIU/AEI /10.13039/501100011033 y por la Unión Europea NextGeneration EU/PRTR" whose principal investigator is Mr./Mrs. Raúl Fernández López. REFERENCE OF THE CALL Nº 5350

Project or Organization that funds this project: Proyect CNS2023-144896 funded by MICIU/AEI /10.13039/501100011033 y por la Unión Europea NextGeneration EU/PRTR

The type of category of the position(s) called is RESEARCHER - UNIVERSITY DEGREE responsibility I

Number of vacancies: 1

Deadline for Web registration

11:59 PM hours of Thursday, January 15, 2026

Deadline to submit documentation

7 working days

 Job Duties and Tasks

Application of transformer-architecture language models, such as ESM2 and BERT, for the detection of proteins with different functions. Adaptation of pre-trained models for the detection of specific groups of proteins

 Dedication regime and duration of the contract

In order to proceed with the formalisation of the contract once the selection process has been passed, the selected person must meet the requirements established in Article 15.5 of Royal Legislative Decree 2/2015, of 23 October, which approves the revised text of the Workers' Statute Law (modified by Royal Decree-Law 32/2021, of 28 December).

This contract will be for a fixed term and is linked to the execution of a temporary programme financed by funds for the execution of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan or temporary programmes financed by European Union funds and is signed in accordance with the provisions of the fifth additional provision of Royal Decree-Law 32/2021, of 28 December, on urgent measures for labour reform, the guarantee of employment stability and the transformation of the labour market, will be for 4 months months Part-time fixed-term contract , and may be extended until the end of the programme or project and the existence of credit.

On schedule: 9:00-14:00

 Retribution

3784,88 (gross salary including the proportional part of the extra payments during the contract.).

 Requirements

Academic requirements

  • University studies (Physics (undergraduate, master's and bachelor's degrees))
  • University studies (Mathematics (undergraduate, master's and bachelor's degrees))
  • University studies (Computer Science (bachelor's, master's and bachelor's degrees))

Requirements

  • Have Spanish nationality or have the nationality of a member state of the European Union or be from any of the states in which, by virtue of international treaties established by the E.U. and ratified by Spain, the free movement of workers is applicable. Likewise, applicants with a nationality other than that mentioned above may submit their application, provided they can prove that they are in possession of a work and residence permit at the time the contract is formalized.
  • To be in possession of the qualification required in this call. Documents issued abroad that are to be used in this procedure must be legalized in accordance with the current regulations (Management circular number 134).
  • Persons who have had a fixed-term contract or production circumstances contract for the same research project or who have been contracted for other projects in the last twenty-four months for a period exceeding eighteen months, taking into account the time of the present job offer, in accordance with the provisions of article 15.5 Royal Legislative Decree 2/2015, of 23 October, approving the revised text of the Workers' Statute Law, may not participate in the selection process.

    Contracts signed prior to 31 December 2021 under Law 14/2011, of 1 June, on Science, Technology and Innovation, will not be taken into consideration for the purposes indicated in the previous paragraph (Additional Provision 23, section 1).

To hold the required qualification

 Merits to be evaluated

Other official qualifications

"No other qualifications required"

Experience

Experience in programming, expertise in software for handling big data, with a special emphasis on deep learning methods, and especially language models. 30%

Complementary Training

Having knowledge of software for handling big data, with a special emphasis on deep learning methods, and especially language models. 40%

Languages

English. 10%

Other Merits

Courses related to the position's profile, participation in scientific meetings, scientific publications. 20%

Personal Interview

No

 EURAXESS

Organisation/company
University of Cantabria
Higher Education Institute
EU Research Framework Programme
Not specified
Research Fields
  • Physics
  • Computational mathematics (Mathematics)
Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)
Required Qualification
  • Bachelor Degree or equivalent Physics
  • Bachelor Degree or equivalent Mathematics
Experience
Not specified
Languages
  • English Good

 Documentation

Registered candidates must attach the following documentation:

In addition to registration required in the job offer through this portal, the documentation requested in the call text must be submitted to the department/unit that carries out the call. or send all of it scanned to the following e-mail, indicating the offer to which it refers:
ibbtec@unican.es