PhD Studentship in Bioinformatics

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics in Uppsala Sweden PhD Studentship in Bioinformatics BACKGROUND: We are seeking a PhD student with an interest in genome analysis and bioinformatics to work with Dr.Erik Bongcam-Rudloff and Dr.Göran Andersson. Studies will be focused on dog disease genetics and utilize genome-wide association mapping to identify disease-causing mutations.The comparative aspects of the dog as a model animal for human diseases are prioritized. REQUIREMENTS: The ideal candidate would have a Masters degree in either bioinformatics, molecular biology, computer science, or statistics (and an interest in the other subjects), some previous lab experience and some programming experience (ideally experience with JAVA, Perl, R, SQL, *nix, genomics).