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The open positions below can be for a biologist/psycologist with good statistical knowledge, or for a statistician with interest in high-dimensional data analysis. If interested, please contact the project leaders as indicated below and not me. _________________________________________________________ The department of psychiatry of the VU University Medical Center / GGZinGeest and the department of biological psychology of the VU University have two vacancies: 1 PhD-student and 1 Post-doc Job description The departments of psychiatry and biological psychology of the VU University Medical Center and VU University collaborate in a large-scale study into the genetics of major depressive disorder. For this study, genome-wide data (SNP and CNV) are available. Recently, further funding was obtained from the National Institutes of Health in America and the Dutch interuniversity ‘Center for Medical Systems Biology (CMSB)’, which will be used to generate gene-expression profiles of normal twins and depressed persons. This will enable us to examine the gene-environment interaction in predicting major depressive disorder. To achieve this, we will use both existing statistical models, but also further develop those to better answer the study’s research questions. For that, we will collaborate with Dr. de Menezes from the Biostatistics group at the VU University Medical Center. Requirements PhD-student: University Graduate with affinity in genetic epidemiological research. You have excellent analytical and statistical experience (e.g. through use of programs such as R, SPSS, SAS, PLINK, MLwin) and good qualities in scientific writing. Experience with high-dimensional data analysis and/or Bayesian modelling is an advantage but not essential. Post-doc: You received your PhD in the genetics or bioinformatics field, have affinity with both topics and excellent analytical and statistical skills. You have experience using statistical software – an experience using e.g. R or MLwin is an advantage. You have excellent oral and written communication skills both with statisticians/bioinformaticians and with geneticists. Salary PhD-student: Temporarily appointment for 4 years, resulting in a dissertation. The gross monthly salary coming with a full-time appointment will amount to € 2.186,- in the first year to €2.537,- in the fourth year: FWG 54 CAO GGZ (P-scale of the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities; CAO-NU). Post-doc: Temporarily appointment for 2 years. Depending on training and work experience the gross monthly salary coming with a full-time appointment will amount to a maximum of € 3.955,- : FWG 60 CAO GGZ (scale 10, CAO-NU). More information Information about the studies involved can be obtained from www.nesda.nl and www.tweelingenregister.org. More information regarding these vacancies can be obtained from Prof. B. Penninx (phone +3120 7885674, e-mail [log in to unmask]) or Prof. D. Boomsma (phone: +3120-5988789, e-mail [log in to unmask] ). How to apply Please send your application letter with CV to Dienst PO&O, Lassustraat 2, 1075 GV Amsterdam or email to [log in to unmask] with reference to: V090097 ‘position genetics depression’. You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.