Jobbtitel: Postdoctoral fellow in bioinformatics

Arbetsbeskrivning:
The University of Gothenburg tackles society's challenges with diverse knowledge. 37 000 students and 6 000 employees make the university a large and inspiring place to work and study. Strong research and attractive study programmes attract scientists and students from around the world. With new knowledge and new perspectives, the University contributes to a better future. Postdoctoral fellow in bioinformatics Type of employment: Fixed-term employment, 2 years Extent: 100 % Location: Institute of Biomedicine, Gothenburg First day of employment: As agreed Reference number: PER 2016/196 This is a 2 year post-doc position in professor Christina Jern’s stroke research group at the Institute of Biomedicine in collaboration with the Bioinformatics Core Facility at Sahlgrenska Academy. Subject area bioinformatics Specific subject description Bioinformatics analysis of data generated from translational stroke research focusing on hemostasis and other genetic projects. Job assignments The Stroke research group is engaged in identifying novel risk factors and genetic mechanisms that increase the risk of developing a stroke, or suffering poor outcomes after stroke, see http://biomedicine.gu.se/ominst/avd/genetik/forskare/christina-jern . In this group you will work with an integrative sequencing project combining genotyping, expression and epigenetic data from human liver tissue, aimed at discovering new genes involved in regulating hemostasis (blood clotting) that may play a role in stroke. You will also participate in genome wide association studies and studies on rare variants in relation to stroke as well as intermediate phenotypes. In addition, you will have the opportunity to work with non-genetic risk factors, such as identification of novel biomarkers in an extensive, high-multiplex biomarker data set. Furthermore, you will be actively involved in coordinating studies with both national and international collaborators. This position is in collaboration with the Bioinformatics Core Facility at GU (www.bioinformatics.cf.gu.se). The facility provides a wide range of bioinformatics and statistical analyses to researchers in medicine and life sciences. You will therefore also work as part of an interdisciplinary team in collaboration with other research groups to contribute to the development of pipelines focused on data integration. Eligibility An achieved doctoral degree is compulsory for a position as postdoctor at Göteborg University. The doctoral thesis shall be in a relevant area according to the specific position stated here. Since a position as postdoctor aims to give new holders of the doctorate the opportunity mainly to strengthen and develop their scholarly proficiency, we aim for those who have a doctoral degree not older than 3 years counting from last date of application. The qualifications for academic positions are given in Chapter 4, Section 3 - 4 of the Higher Education Ordinance. Assessment The successful applicants will have a PhD in a subject of relevance to the position and strong publication records in peer reviewed international journals. Qualifications and skills required: - You must have a PhD in Bioinformatics or equivalent - You must be experienced in UNIX/Linux as well as in any established scripting language (perl, python, etc) - You must demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills in English, and competence in scientific publication - You should have experience in managing and analyzing large datasets - It is a qualification to have experience related to some of the following; analysis of next-generation sequencing data; web-based bioinformatics tools, public domain biological databases, pathways/gene-networks based analyses Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability and on good communication and interpersonal skills as well as on the ability to work independently and as part of a team. Regulations for the evaluation of qualifications for academic positions are given in Chapt

Arbetsgivare Namn: University of Gothenburg

Arbetsgivare adress: , Gothenburg, Sweden

Form av kontakt: Christina Jern

Arbetsgivare telefonnummer: +46 31 343 5720

Jobb kort beskrivning: Life science professionals

Land: Sweden

Område: Västsverige

Avtalstid: Temporary

Typ av kontrakt: Full time

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