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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