Bioinformatics PhD Fellowship (Tromsø,Norway): Data mining and pathway
reconstruction
Supervisors
Prof. Nils Peder Willassens ([log in to unmask])
Associate Professor Peik Haugen ([log in to unmask])
University of Tromsø – Norway, Protein Research Group
(Http://cold.imb.fm.uit.no),
Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Institute Of Medical Biology
Dr. Jacob Köhler
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK / University of Tromsø (20%)
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Project Description: The successful candidate will do research on
developing data mining and graph analysis methods using ONDEX
http://ondex.sf.net/ which is written in Java. The methods to be developed
are generic and generally applicable. However, they will be tested and
applied to explore communication between bacteria, also known as quorum
sensing (QS), including (1) reconstruction of metabolic pathways, (2)
prediction of new pathways / networks and (3) analysis of microarray data.
We anticipate that the successful candidate will have a MSc degree in
computer science or bioinformatics. The focus of the project will be on
developing the algorithms, software and analysis methods, which will
require well-developed programming skills.
Location: You will be based on campus (located a few kilometres from
downtown Tromsø) at the Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø.
Our research group currently consists of 10 PhD students and 4 post docs,
and you will be part of a growing Bioinformatics team that will complement
the wetlab work of the QS project.
The project is done in collaboration with many national and international
partners, and the candidate will work in close collaboration with other
Bioinformaticians, namely Dr Jacob Köhler and Prof. Dr. Chris Rawlings
(Rothamsted Research, UK), and Prof. Dr. Ralf Hofestädt (Bielefeld
University, Germany). Research visits to our partners will be required.
Training: This project will offer training in two key areas – data mining
and graph analysis. Furthermore, you will develop excellent software
development skills using a range of methods (algorithm development,
requirement analysis, Unit testing etc), programming languages (Java, PHP,
SQL, shell scripting etc) and tools (Eclipse, software versioning systems
and release management, UML). As a result, you will develop a high level of
expertise in all aspects of software development.
Funding: The PhD fellowship is for 4 years, with 25% of the time dedicated
to teaching. Salary is 320 000 NOK (€37 000).
Enquiries and Applications: Please go to the following link
(http://jobb.jobbnorge.no/visstilling2.aspx?stillid=34556&lang=EN) to
apply, or contact us for more information or help with submitting the
application. Application deadline is January 29th 2007.
Prof. Nils Peder Willassens ([log in to unmask]) or
Associate Professor Peik Haugen ([log in to unmask]).
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