[Socbin] Bioinformatics Group Leader Position in Bergen

[Inge Jonassen]

      GROUP LEADER - BIOINFORMATICS

The Computational Biology Unit (CBU) at the University of Bergen, 
Norway, has been established to conduct top-level European research in 
bioinformatics, and to serve functional genomics research in Norway with 
relevant training and services. In this capacity, CBU is host for the 
bioinformatics technology platform for the national functional genomics 
programme (FUGE) in Norway.

CBU is part of Bergen Center for Computational Science (BCCS) and 
located together with the Department for Informatics, the Molecular 
Biology Department and the SARS Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, a 
partner of EMBL. BCCS owns and operates large scale computing facilities 
that provide an excellent computational environment.

CBU is searching for an additional group leader. The group leader will 
carry out research in the field of computational biology/bioinformatics 
and contribute to the overall objectives of CBU. The group leader should 
have a PhD and post-doctoral experience including a solid publication 
record in a relevant subject. Candidates will be evaluated with emphasis 
on their ability to raise external funding and to supervise and carry 
out research projects. The group leader will direct a research group 
consisting of Ph.D. and post doctoral scientists.

The CBU and its partners currently have bioinformatics research 
activities in the fields of transcription and transcriptional gene 
regulation, phylogeny and adaptive evolution, protein domain analysis 
and functional annotation, microarray bioinformatics, alternative 
splicing, proteomics, and protein structure analysis. There are 
excellent opportunities for collaboration with the molecular biological 
and biomedical research groups in Bergen.

Salary and professional resources are internationally competitive. 
Please send your CV, your ten most relevant publications, and a detailed 
statement of research interests to Petter Bjørstad, research director, 
BCCS. Evaluation of applications commences on September 1st. 2005. For 
more information about CBU, please refer to http://www.cbu.uib.no/, or 
contact the head of CBU, professor Inge Jonassen.