Krešimir Josić (UH) and Matthew Bennett (Rice University) are looking for a postdoc to work with us on developing mathematical modeling techniques that describe the spatiotemporal dynamics of intercellular signaling in spatially extended bacterial systems. In previous work, we have developed models of spatially extended synthetic bacterial systems and methods for monitoring intercellular signaling, gene expression, and cellular growth within them. The goal of the project is to use these techniques in a series of increasingly complex experiments to determine how mathematical models need to be altered to better reproduce and predict the spatiotemporal dynamics of spatially extended synthetic multicellular systems. Our ultimate goal is to more develop mathematical models that will enable us to better design large-scale, complex synthetic systems capable of coordinating their spatiotemporal gene expression patterns.

This is a 2 year position, with a possibility of renewal.  More information is available here: 

https://careers.uh.edu/jobs/post-doctoral-fellow-mathematics-houston-texas-united-states-ba3603f3-e15f-4696-a977-9cc6a4fb7a19