Postdoctoral researcher in medicine, functional bioinformatics

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The School of Medical Sciences (MV) at Örebro University is seeking a postdoctoral researcher in medicine, functional bioinformatics, for a fixed-term appointment.

This position is part of the research group Functional Bioinformatics and closely associated with Medical Microbiology, within the frame of the Nutrition-Gut-Brain Research Centre, NGBI.

Duties and responsibilities
Research involves both wet-lab work in the microbiology lab, implementing and further developing appropriate data analysis algorithms and workflows, as well as modelling approaches. Different levels of functional data will be obtained from microbiology experiments with human cell cultures and/or gastro-intestinal biopsies, together with co-cultured bacterial species. Statistical bioinformatics and functional systems biological modelling methods will be applied and further developed in order to better understand the ongoing regulatory cross-talk in this kind of systems.

Eligibility
Eligible for the appointment as postdoctoral researcher are applicants holding a doctoral degree in bioinformatics or in related subject areas. The doctoral degree should have been awarded no more than three years prior to the application deadline. Candidates who have obtained their doctoral degree prior to that may however also be considered if special grounds exist (leave of absence due to illness, parental leave, clinical duties, an elected position in a trade union, or other similar circumstances).

Assessment criteria
The successful candidate has both practical experience in the field of medical microbiology and in bioinformatics algorithmic development. Important competences include programming in C/Fortran/R/matlab, a sound background in statistics and statistical learning, as well as experiences in systems biological modelling approaches.

General assessment criteria include good interpersonal skills and an ability to cooperate as well as the ability and suitability otherwise required to perform the duties well.

Equality
Our ambition is to create a place of work that is characterised by gender equality and diversity.

Information
The position is a full-time (100 %) position for a fixed term of two years. The salary depends on the successful candidate’s qualifications and experience.

For more information, please contact Dirk Repsilber +46-19-30 1256.

Application
The application is made online. Click the button “Apply” to begin the application procedure (please note that this feature does not work on mobile phones or tablet computers).

For the application to be complete, the following electronic documents must be included:


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Covering letter


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CV


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An account of research qualifications


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Copies of relevant course/degree certificates and references


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Scientific publications for consideration (maximum of 10)



Only documents written in Swedish, English, Norwegian and Danish can be reviewed.

The application deadline is January 15, 2017. We look forward to receiving your application!

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As directed by the National Archives of Sweden (Riksarkivet), Örebro University is required to deposit one file copy of the application documents, excluding publications, for a period of two years after the appointment decision has gained legal force.