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<p><b><i>PhD student positions in Disease Systems Biology at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research</i></b></p>
<p>A number of PhD positions are available in the Translational Disease
Systems Biology group at The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein
Research (CPR – <a href="http://www.cpr.ku.dk/" target="_blank">www.cpr.ku.dk</a>). The
Center has been established at the Faculty of Health and Medical
Sciences, University of Copenhagen, to promote basic and applied
discovery research on human proteins of medical relevance. The Center
comprises a wide range of expertise and resources including proteomics,
protein production, bioinformatics and general characterization of
disease mechanisms. The Programme for Disease Systems Biology consists
of two research groups covering many systems level aspects of biology
and medicine, including the integration of molecular-level data and
healthcare data, for example laboratory test data and biomedical texts. </p>
<p><b>Responsibilities and tasks</b></p>
<p>The Translational Disease Systems Biology group (<a href="http://www.cpr.ku.dk/research/disease-systems-biology/brunak/" target="_blank">www.cpr.ku.dk/research/disease-systems-biology/brunak/</a>)
led by Søren Brunak focuses on establishing early competitive advantage
in disease-relevant computational analysis across the general areas of
bioinformatics, chemoinformatics, systems biology and medical
informatics. The PhD students will work on data-driven models of
temporal disease development (diabetes, other immune system related
disorders, comorbidities in general) using a combination of molecular
data and data from the healthcare sector, where the latter has the form
of registry data or complete electronic patient records. These models
will in part be descriptive and show how different diseases and
diagnosis follow each other over long periods of time and in part
predictive in the sense that longitudinal patterns of illnesses,
medication and procedures will indicate future events. The models may be
augmented by molecular level biomarker data from genomics or proteomics
further increasing the predictive power.</p>
<p>Projected start date: Early 2016.</p>
<p><b>Qualifications</b></p>
<p>The successful candidates will have strong qualifications or experience within one or several of the following areas:<b> </b></p>
<ul><li>Bioinformatics and systems biology at the molecular level</li><li>NGS or clinical proteomics data</li><li>Disease biology</li><li>Healthcare data from registries and electronic patient records</li><li>Competence in statistics and/or machine learning techniques</li><li>Experience with health care terminologies, schemes and ontologies </li></ul>
<p><b>Formal requirements</b></p>
<p>The translational disease systems biology is highly multidisciplinary
and collaborates with many other research groups nationally and
internationally. Strong networking and team player skills are therefore
preferred. As the candidate may run several projects in parallel, strong
organizational skills and the ability to keep an overview are
important.</p>
<p>To be accepted for the positions, it is a condition that your Master
of Science degree is considered to be equivalent to a Danish Master of
Science.</p>
<p>It is a prerequisite that the PhD candidate is enrolled as a PhD
student at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences according to the
rules stipulated in the Ministerial order on the PhD programme at the
universities (PhD order) from the Ministry of Science, Innovation, and
Higher Education and the <a href="http://healthsciences.ku.dk/phd/apply/" target="_blank">guidelines for the PhD programme</a> at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences.</p>
<p><b>Place of employment and work</b></p>
<p>The employment is at CPR (<a href="http://www.cpr.ku.dk/" target="_blank">www.cpr.ku.dk</a>),
University of Copenhagen, located in central Copenhagen. The research
environment at CPR is ambitious and international, with approx. 30
different nationalities currently represented. The Center comprises
modern laboratories, supercomputer resources and state-of-the-art
facilities within protein science. Seminars with high-profile
international speakers and regular internal research seminars are
organized at the Center. The selected candidate should expect some
travel activity.<span> </span></p>
<p>For more information on working and living in Denmark visit <a href="http://www.ism.ku.dk/" target="_blank">www.ism.ku.dk</a> (International staff mobility) and <a href="http://www.workingconditions.ku.dk/" target="_blank">www.workingconditions.ku.dk</a>.<b><br> <br></b></p>
<p><b>Terms of salary and employment</b></p>
<p>Salary, pension and terms of employment will be in accordance with
the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and The Academics Central
organization. Currently, the monthly salary is around 25,500-30,800 DKK
(around 3,400-4,100 €) plus 17.1 % in pension contribution.</p>
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<p>The Danish Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of
Professional Associations (AC) have agreed on a protocol that makes it
possible for all international researchers employed by the University to
achieve a pension exemption, where the pension will be paid as salary.
For more information about the different pension schemes: <a href="http://ism.ku.dk/onarrival/pension/" target="_blank">http://ism.ku.dk/onarrival/pension/</a></p>
<p><b>Duration: </b>3 years</p>
<p><b>Application procedure</b></p>
<p>Your application should be submitted electronically to:</p>
<p><a href="http://employment.ku.dk/phd/" target="_blank">http://employment.ku.dk/phd/</a></p>
<p>Please be aware that we only accept applications sent through this link.</p>
<p>Your application should include the following documents:</p>
<ol><li>Motivated letter of application</li><li>Curriculum vitae, incl. education and experience</li><li>Copy of diplomas/degree certificate(s)</li><li>List of publications</li></ol>
<p><b>Deadline for application: December 9, 2015</b></p>
<p>After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized
recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of
the Appointments Committee. All applicants are then immediately notified
whether their application has been passed for assessment by an expert
assessment committee. Selected applicants are notified of the
composition of the committee and each applicant has the opportunity to
comment on the part of the assessment that relates to the applicant
him/herself. You can read about the recruitment process at <a href="http://employment.ku.dk/" target="_blank">http://employment.ku.dk</a> </p>
<p>For further information about the position or the process, please contact CPR:</p>
<p><a href="mailto:jobs@cpr.ku.dk" target="_blank">jobs@cpr.ku.dk</a></p>
<p>CPR and the University of Copenhagen wish to reflect the diversity of
society and welcome applications from all qualified candidates
regardless of personal background.</p>
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