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Stillingstittel: Postdoctoral Fellow

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow position
About the project/work tasks:

The successful applicant will develop and apply state-of-the-art data integration and machine learning methods for research in the field of medical genomics and will work in a clinical as well as in an informatics environment.

The main opportunities and responsibilities for the position are:

• The fellow will benefit from the dual work environment at the Department of Clinical Medicine and the Department of Informatics to strengthen the research profile in both computational and medical fields. The fellow will work closely with group members of Joshi group as well as members of Computational Biology Unit.
• The fellow will develop and use computational methods to analyze single cell gene expression data mainly in the context of cancer.
• The fellow will integrate data from multiple platforms and sources. The fellow will be involved in planning experiments, data analysis, writing code, visualizing results and writing publications for peer reviewed journals.
• The fellow will also dedicate a part of his/her time for collaborative projects with other research teams within the Faculty of Medicine. The fellow will have the possibility to participate in national and international collaborations as well as to attend and present at all major scientific conferences in the field. 

Qualifications and personal qualities:

• The applicant must hold a Norwegian PhD or an equivalent degree within bioinformatics, genetics, informatics or related area, or have submitted and got approved the doctoral thesis prior to the application deadline. It is a condition of employment that the PhD has been awarded.
• The candidate must have experience in programming languages e.g. python.
• The candidate should have experience in data analysis from at least one of the techniques such as Chromatin Immune Precipitation (ChIP)-sequencing, RNA-seq/CAGE, RRBS and Whole Genome Bisulphite sequencing.
• Knowledge in other statistical packages or R will be an advantage.
• The candidate must be proficient in spoken and written English.
• The candidate must have at least one first author peer reviewed publication (published or under-review).
• Personal skills will be emphasized. The candidate should be able to work independently and interactively in a team setting, be motivated and responsible, and also have a great work capacity and enthusiasm for research.

About the position of postdoctoral research fellow:

The position of postdoctoral research fellow is a fixed-term appointment with the primary objective of qualifying the appointee for work in top academic positions.  Postdoctoral fellowships are fixed term positions. You can not be employed as a postdoctoral fellow for more than one fixed term period at the same institution. Also, you cannot be employed in a postdoctoral position if you have previously held this type of position at a different institution in the region.

Upon appointment, applicants must submit a project proposal for the qualifying work including a work schedule. It is a requirement that the project is completed in the course of the period of employment.

 

The employee may be assigned up to 25 % required duties in the form of teaching and similar work at the department.

We can offer:

• Exciting development opportunities as part of your role in a strong professional environment
• salary level 59 (code 1352/pay framework 24.3) at present NOK 515 200 gross p.a., with a degree in Medicine or Dentistry level 61 (code 1352/pay framework 24.5) at present NOK 534100 gross p.a., with a medical specialization level 63 (code 1352/pay framework 24.7) at present NOK 555 100 gross p.a. on the government salary scale. Further promotion will be after service seniority in the position
• Enrolment in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund
• Good welfare benefits

Your application must include:

• a brief account of the applicant`s research interests and motivation for applying for the position
• transcripts and diplomas (applicants with education from other countries than Norway must enclose witnessed diplomas in both the original language and authorized translations) and documentation of approved doctoral thesis
• complete list of publications
• publications (pdf) it is important that each of the scholarly works on which the committee should place special emphasis, is attached in its entirety
• two referees (name and contact information)

General information:

For further information please contact Dr Anagha Joshi (Anagha.Joshi (at) uib.no).

The state labour force shall reflect the diversity of Norwegian society to the greatest extent possible. People with immigrant backgrounds and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply for the position.

The University of Bergen applies the principle of public access to information when recruiting staff for academic positions.

Information about applicants may be made public even if the applicant has asked not to be named on the list of persons who have applied. The applicant must be notified if the request to be omitted is not met.

Further information about our employment process can be found here.

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