Open 3 year position: Bioinformatic specialist for microarray studies

 

We are a leading European research group in the microarray area. We are
based in Aarhus Denmark and count 35 people working in a new hospital
facility with very good facilities and state of the art equipment.

We have a position for three years for bioinformatic analysis of microarrays
with main emphasis on exon array data. These arrays generate data from all
human exons and provide information on the potential splicing of RNA leading
to new protein forms. We need a person with a mathematical/statistical
background having expertise and experience in the use of "R" and being able
to handle both the statistical issues of microarrays, normalization and
background problems, as well as analyzing and scanning the genome for
possible splice sites, transcription factor binding and polymorphisms. We
relate our data to clinical outcome and work mostly on clinical specimens,
at times laser microdissected. We aim at forming classifiers that can
identify cancer and predict disease outcome, and to understand pathways that
are being activated in diseases.

We have four groups that work on bladder, colon, and prostate cancer as well
as functional genomics. Please see: www.mdl.dk and www.CMCC.dk . We have a
relaxed working environment, appreciate a good laugh, and at the same time
try to publish in top journals, being at the competitive front end of the
area. Our previous publications (journals like Nature, Nature Genetics,
Cancer Cell, Cancer Research) can be seen at PubMed : "orntoft t".

 

We aim at team working and interaction with different people in different
projects. For the bioinformatic area we have a tight relation to prof. Jens
Ledet Jensen at Dept. of Theoretical Statistics and to the local
Bioinformatics Research Center (BIRC) at Aarhus University. It is possible
to conduct a PhD during the three years, but also post docs are very welcome
to apply.

 

The salary is a standard Academic University salary negotiated by the union
of academics. 

Working week is approx 37 hours, pension is added to salary. 

 

If you are interested in this three years position, please provide CV, and a
short one page description of your interests to Prof. Torben F. Orntoft,
Dept. Clinical Biochemistry, Aarhus University Hospital at Skejby, DK 8200
Aarhus N, Denmark. E-mail: [log in to unmask] 

Orntoft will also be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Deadline for application is November 15th, 2005.

 

Carsten Wiuf, Professor

BiRC, University of Aarhus

Phone: +45 89 42 31 55

Web: www.birc.au.dk/~wiuf