PhD and Post-doc positions in Bioinformatics
Two post-doc/PhD positions in bioinformatics are available from July 1st 2005, at The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Bergen. The place of employment will be at Unifob AS, Bergen Center for Computational Sciences (BCCS) within the Computational Biology Unit (CBU).
CBU has been established to conduct top-level European research in bioinformatics, and to serve functional genomics research in Norway with relevant training and services. In this capacity, CBU is host for the bioinformatics technology platform for the national functional genomics programme (FUGE) in Norway.
CBU is part of Bergen Center for Computational Science (BCCS) and located together with the Department for Informatics, the Molecular Biology Department and the SARS Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, a partner of EMBL. BCCS owns and operates large scale computing facilities that provide an excellent computational environment.
The group of Boris Lenhard at CBU is searching for two post-docs/PhD students. The group focuses on bioinformatics of gene regulation, and is committed to devising new computational approaches to elucidation of genomic regulatory elements and gene regulatory networks in higher eukaryotes. Members of the group actively participate in the work of some of the leading international consortia for genomics research, and have a worldwide network of collaborators.
Recruited postdocs and PhD students will do research on one of the topics the group is currently focusing on, such as the analysis of long-range regulatory elements in metazoan genomes and their role in development and disease, discovery of regulatory variation in the human genome, or the computational transcriptomics of non-coding RNAs. Postdoctoral candidates who wish to work their own research topic that is related to those of the group are encouraged to apply. Ideally, candidates should be able to work both independently and as part of a team, as well as strongly motivated to pursue an academic career. They should have a basic grasp of molecular biology and genomics concepts, and be proficient in one major programming language. Previous experience in bioinformatics or applied statistics is a strong plus.
The CBU and its partners currently have bioinformatics research activities in the fields of gene regulation, phylogeny/adaptive evolution, protein domain analysis and functional annotation, microarray bioinformatics, alternative splicing, proteomics, and protein structure analysis. There are excellent opportunities for collaboration with the molecular biological and biomedical research groups in Bergen.
Research Fellow will be paid in accordance with the level 38 on the government salary scale (code 1017), currently equivalent to NOK 287.700 per annum. Payment may be regulated on basis of seniority according to the public wage scale 38-45. Postdoctor will be paid in accordance with level 53 on the government salary scale currently equivalent to NOK 372.000 per annum.
Women in particular are invited to apply. If, in the opinion of the evaluation committee, several applicants have approximately equivalent qualifications, the rules on equal opportunities laid down in the Personnel Regulations for Academic Positions will be applied.
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Applications with letter of motivation, CV, your ten most relevant publications, a detailed statement of research interests and references can be sent by e-mail to Boris.Lenhard@bccs.uib.no or by mail to:
Boris Lenhard
Bergen Center for Computational Science (BCCS)
Thormøhlensgt. 55
N-5008 Bergen, Norway
Evaluation of applications commences on April 1st, 2005
