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A PhD position is available at the Department of Biology. The appointment duration is 3 years with the possibility of 1 year extension with 25% teaching duties in agreement with the department. The position is financed by the NTNU.

Information about the department

The strategy of the Department of Biology is to understand biological processes of life for sustainable use and conservation of the environment. The Department has an interdisciplinary approach to education and research that is deeply rooted in environmental and evolutionary biology as important links between the different sub-disciplines (cell- and molecular biology, systems biology, physiology, ethology, ecology, population genetics, marine biology, aquaculture, biodiversity and environmental toxicology). For more information about the department go to: www.ntnu.edu/biology.

Job description

Combinations of anti-cancer drugs, tailored to each individual, is expected to improve treatment outcome in cancer patients. NTNU has recently initiated the DrugLogics project (www.DrugLogics-NTNU.org), with the aim to use computer modelling to predict the effect of drugs and drug combinations on cancer cells and tumors. These computational predictions require software tools and logical models of cancer cells, to simulate how molecular interactions determine the response of cells to medicine. These predictions are subsequently tested in the lab, through various experiment types: cell culture, organoids, and patient-derived xenografts.

The DrugLogics NTNU initiative comprises 3 projects (COLOSYS, DrugLogics and Crossover Research 2.0), and is embedded in the Digital Life Centre at NTNU, so candidates will be part of an interdisciplinary group of 10 newly recruited people working together on complementary tasks.

The PhD candidate that we will recruit will be supervised by a PI at the Department of Biology, Gløshaugen campus, with co-supervision by PIs from the Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine and from Institut Curie and the Ecole Normale Supérieure, in Paris. The main working location will be at NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, but considerable time (up to 50%) will be spent at the collaborating labs in Paris.

Main tasks include:

• Participate in the development of software modules for logical modeling.
• Modify existing modelling tools to match the needs raised by the project.
• Develop new extensions for logical modelling software.
• Work together with wet-lab experimentalists and clinicians to understand specific needs for modelling, and design user-friendly software modules.
• Work on the cutting edge of Computer Science and Medicine to help cure cancer!

Qualifications

We currently seek a talented, enthusiastic and creative scientist with the following qualifications:

• Master in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Sciences or Bioinformatics, or related area. 
• Excellent programming skills.
• Motivated and able to engage in interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Good communication and networking skills.
• Proactive and forthcoming, able to work independently if needed.

The regulations for PhD programmes at NTNU state that a Master degree or equivalent with at least 5 years of studies and an average grade of A or B within a scale of A-E for passing grades (A best) for the two last years of the MSc is required and C or higher of the BSc. Candidates from universities outside Norway are kindly requested to send a Di

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: NTNU - Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelig

Arbeidsgiver adresse: Realfagbygget, NTNU 7491 TRONDHEIM

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

Region: Sør-Trøndelag

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

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