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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Dear Colleague,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>The <span class=caps>RTH</span> center in Copenhagen is inviting applications for a PhD position in Bioinformatics, and we are looking for a person to join our team from September, or soon thereafter. The position is for three years. <b>Application deadline is 25<sup>th</sup> August</b> <b>2013</b>. For more information about the RTH center visit </span><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><a href="http://rth.dk"><span lang=EN-US>http://rth.dk</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>. For full posting and online application procedure visit </span><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><a href="http://jobbank.ku.dk/job/395276/koebenhavns-universitet/phd-fellowship-in-rna-bioinformatics"><span lang=EN-US>http://jobbank.ku.dk/job/395276/koebenhavns-universitet/phd-fellowship-in-rna-bioinformatics</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Please pass the mail on to qualified students or people you think could be otherwise interested.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Background:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) have been established as a highly abundant class of genes which play numerous important roles in the cell and in disease. These ncRNAs often contain <span class=caps>RNA</span> structure either for the entire sequence or sometimes as minor “domains”. In <span class=caps>RTH</span> we have developed a range of computational tools for the analysis of both structured RNAs and high-throughput data.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Job description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Within <span class=caps>RTH</span> material has been collected for a range of diseases and will be combined with in silico generated information of structured <span class=caps>RNA</span> and a range of information such as expression and (protein and <span class=caps>RNA</span>) binding generated from predictions and experiments. A key goal of the project is to filter and rank selected candidates for detailed molecular functional analysis with respect to the disease samples. Pipelines for expression analysis, data integration and statistical analysis will be developed within the project.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Qualification and requirements:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>The applicant should hold professional as well as personal skills and qualifications as stated below:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>A master degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science or similar.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Very strong experience with script languages such as Perl or Python (or similar).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Strong experience with the linux/unix environment, command lines and shell scripting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Experience with statistical analysis.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Differential expression analysis (with background correction / multiple testing).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Possess good interpersonal skills.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Be excellent in English, writing and speech.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>In addition to the above, weight will be given to applicants meeting one or more of the following requirements:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>General knowledge about <span class=caps>RNA</span> structure folding algorithms.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>C or C++.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>On behalf of Professor Jan Gorodkin (</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:gorodkin@rth.dk"><span lang=EN-US>gorodkin@rth.dk</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>With best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Betina <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=DE style='font-size:9.0pt'>--<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=DE style='font-size:9.0pt'>Betina Wingreen Jensen<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>Scientific and Administrative Coordinator <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>Center for non-coding RNA in Technology and Health <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>Department of Veterinary Clinical and Medical Sciences <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>University of Copenhagen <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Groennegaardsvej 3<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>1870 Frederiksberg<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Denmark<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Phone: +45 353 34704<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>