[Socbin] 4 Postdoc and 5 PhD positions available at Center for Disease Systems Biology, Copenhagen

[Christian Nørgaard Storm Pedersen]

4 Postdoc and 5 PhD positions

The Center for Disease Systems Biology is a recently established, 
virtual research center aimed at creating an interdisciplinary platform 
for investigating genetic disease networks using system biology approaches.

The two groups behind the Center for Disease Systems Biology are the 
Center for Biological Sequence Analysis (headed by Professor Søren 
Brunak) at the Technical University of Denmark, representing one of the 
larger European centers for bioinformatics and systems biology, and the 
Department for Growth and Reproduction (headed by Professor Anders 
Juul), Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, representing a world 
leading group within growth and pubertal disorders, infertility, and 
testicular cancer. For more information on the research of the two 
groups, please visit www.cbs.dtu.dk and www.reproduction.dk.

The successful candidates will be working in interdisciplinary disease 
gene finding projects where information in biobank entries and 
registries will be combined with sequences, SNP data, expression data, 
and protein-protein interaction data to identify genes involved in 
inherited diseases as well as in growth and reproduction.

2-year Postdoc with a possible extension of 1 or 2 years
The ideal Postdoc applicant will hold a MD or a strong PhD in 
bioinformatics, systems biology, computational biology, or in molecular 
and cellular biology, as well as a relevant publication record.

The materials that should be given consideration in the assessment must 
be enclosed.

The salary and appointment terms are negotiated in accordance with the 
current collective agreement for Danish University faculty members.

3-year PhD
The ideal PhD candidates should hold a MD, a Master of Science degree, 
or the equivalent in bioinformatics, computer science, or cellular 
biology. Experience with biological data analysis or text mining would 
be favorable along with good analytical skills.

The scholarships for the PhD degree are subject to academic approval, 
and the candidates will be enrolled in one of the general degree 
programmes of DTU. Information about the general requirements for 
enrolment and the general planning of the scholarship studies is 
included in the general rules of DTU, which may be obtained by 
application to the PhD programme office at tel: +45 45251176 or +45 
45251177.

The salary and appointment terms are consistent with the current rules 
for PhD degree students.

Further information
For further information, please contact Professor Søren Brunak 
(brunak at cbs.dtu.dk), tel: +45 45252477 or Professor Anders Juul 
(ajuul at rh.dk), tel: +45 35455085.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, religion or 
ethnic background are encouraged to apply.

Applications and CV should be sent to Center Administrator Dorthe 
Kjærsgaard (dorthek at cbs.dtu.dk) by e-mail or regular mail and be 
received no later than April 10th, 2007 at 12.00. Interviews will be 
held from April 16th, 2007.

Dorthe Kjærsgaard, Center Administrator
Center for Biological Sequence Analysis
BioCentrum-DTU
Kemitorvet - Building 208
2800 Kgs. Lyngby
Denmark

The Center for Disease Systems Biology is a VKR centre of excellence and 
funded by the VILLUM KANN RASMUSSEN FOUNDATION.