Postdoctoral position in bioinformatics

The Department of Mathematical Sciences pursues internationally successful research and an extensive education. Researchers in applied mathematics and statistics at the department are important co-operational partners in other disciplines as well as in industrial projects.

Mathematics is fundamental to science and engineering and has an increasingly prominent part in other disciplines as well. Mathematics is also a subject in itself, and fundamental research is a necessary condition for future applications.

The Department is part of both Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg and is situated in the middle of Campus Johanneberg. It is the largest mathematics department in the Nordic countries and has about 200 employees, with a number of research groups in mathematics and mathematical statistics which together provide a creative and cross-fertilizing setting.

Information about the department
The Department of Mathematical Sciences at Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg has about 170 employees, and is the largest department of mathematics in Sweden. The department conducts successful research in pure and applied mathematics and mathematical statistics in a wide range of research areas.

We are located in a modern building at the center of Chalmers Johanneberg campus. More information about us can be found on our website http://www.chalmers.se/math/.

Major responsibilities
We have an open position for a motivated, self-driven post-doctoral researcher in bioinformatics. The position will be focused on the development of new methods for the analysis of metagenomic data, with a special emphasis on assessment of genetic diversity and evolutionary selection pressures. The position includes close collaboration with researchers from clinical microbiology and the environmental sciences, in particular within the Centre for Antibiotic Resistance Research (http://care.gu.se) and the NICE strong research environment (http://www.nice.gu.se). The position is funded by the Swedish Research Council.

The position is for 24 months and located in Erik Kristiansson’s research group at Division of Applied Mathematics and Statistics. The research group is focused on the bioinformatical and statistical analysis of high-dimensional data with applications in the life sciences. The research group has a strong interdisciplinary profile and we are actively collaborating with experimental groups within infectious diseases, molecular diagnostics, environmental sciences, ecology and cancer genomics. Please refer to http://bioinformatics.math.chalmers.se for more information.

The post-doctoral position offers an opportunity to qualify for further research positions within academia or industry. The majority of your working time is devoted to your own research.  As a post-doctoral researcher you are expected to work independently and to be able to supervise/co-supervise Master’s and PhD students. Teaching of undergraduate students may also be included to a small extent.

The employment is limited to a maximum of 2 years.

Qualifications
The applicant should have a Ph.D. degree (the degree should generally not be older than three years) in relevant area, such as bioinformatics, molecular biology, computational sciences, mathematics or mathematical statistics. The applicant should also be experienced in programming (Python/Perl or equivalent languages) and used to work in the Linux/UNIX computer environment. Previous experience with bioinformatical software used for the analysis of data from next generation sequencing (‘NGS’) is meritorious. Strong communicative skills and fluency in written and spoken English is a requirement.

Chalmers continuously strives to be an attractive employer. Equality and diversity are substantial foundations in all activities at Chalmers.



Application deadline: 29 August 2016

For questions, please contact:
Assoc. prof. Erik Kristiansson, Department of Mathematical Sciences, erik.kristiansson@chalmers.se , +46 31-772 3521, +46 70-5259751.


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