PhD in Biomedicine

The University of Skövde is an expansive university that offers both traditional and unique educational programs within a number of different areas.The University employs at the present time approx.500 people with 8200 students and constitutes an important resource for regional development.The University focuses on three thematic schools: Humanities and Informatics, Technology and Society and Life Sciences.Research activities are presently concentrated toward a few strong settings.The campus, located in central Skövde, offers a creative environment with excellent possibilities for development for employees and students.The University has a diverse profile where the organization in all respects reflects the diversity of the surrounding society. The School of Life Sciences is seeking to recruit a PhD Student in Biomedicine Ref No.HS 2009/44-42 A PhD student position is available for a project with the aims of examining the correlation between miRNA expression and clinical stage, grade and outcome of prostate cancer.The project will be carried out at the School of Life Sciences (Biomedicine and Bioinformatics research groups), University of Skövde, in collaboration with the Centre for Cancer Research at Örebro University and Örebro University Hospital.The applicant should have a Masters Degree in the field of computational biology.The position will be managed by a cross-disciplinary research team working on cancer-related projects at University of Skövde, Örebro University and Örebro University hospital, using a combination of biomedical (experimental) and bioinformatic approaches.The aim of the current project is to study samples of tumor specimens from prostate cancer patients to discover miRNA markers for clinical stage, grade and outcome of the disease.The potential applicant should be familiar with various molecular techniques for gene expression analysis.Since large amounts of data will be generated within the project, the candidates should be familiar with computer science, statistics and bioinformatics.Experience in experimental design and data analysis is required.Proficiency in both written and spoken English is required.In addition to PhD studies, the work assignments will include approximately 20 % teaching at the School of Life Sciences, the University of Skövde. Salary according to existing agreement.The employment is time-limited to a maximum of five years and comprises 100 %.Solely an applicant who is or will be accepted for PhD Studies may be employed as a PhD Student.The application should include a brief description of previous research activities, present research interests and the applicant's CV (including diplomas of degree certificates, academic records, and other relevant documents).The application should be sent to the Registrar, University of Skövde, P. O. Box 408, SE-541 28 Skövde, Sweden no later than February 10, 2009.