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[Alan Wervick]

*PhD position in clinical bioinformatics*

A PhD position is available for immediate start at Center for Biological
Sequence Analysis, Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of
Denmark, in collaboration with Department of Paediatric Oncology,
Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen.

The position is available from the 1st of December 2009 or earliest
thereafter.

The Center for Biological Sequence Analysis conducts basic research in the
field of bioinformatics and systems biology and employs a staff of +100 with
a highly multi-disciplinary profile (molecular biologists, biochemists,
medical doctors, physicists, computer scientists, and technical staff). The
center represents one of the largest bioinformatics and systems biology
groups in academia in Europe.

*PhD position within the Functional Human Variation group*
The successful candidate will be based at the Technical University of
Denmark and will collaborate closely with Danish clinical groups. The
initial project will have special emphasis on childhood acute lymphoblastic
leukemia. Projects will be interdisciplinary throughout the duration of the
PhD involving data integration from sequencing, microarrays, SNPs,
literature mining, protein-protein interactions and text mining on clinical
patient records.

*Qualifications*
Candidates applying for a PhD scholarship should have a master’s degree in
bioinformatics, biology, biochemistry, engineering, computer science, or a
similar degree.

It is essential that the applicant has strong computational skills and a
fundamental understanding of biology. At a minimum, the candidate must have
prior experience with unix command line, perl and the Ensembl API.
Experience with oncology or drug disposition is highly desirable, but not
required. The applicant must be a good communicator and fluent in written as
well as spoken English.

*Approval and Enrolment*
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. For information about the general requirements for enrolment and the
general planning of the scholarship studies, please see the DTU PhD Guide.

*Salary and appointment terms*
The salary and appointment terms are consistent with the current rules for
PhD degree students. A PhD study in Denmark is three years in duration.

*Further information*
Further information may be obtained from associate professor Ramneek Gupta,
tel.: +45 4525 2422.

*Application*
We must have your online application by *30 November 2009*. Please apply on
www.dtu.dk/vacancy an open the link "apply for this job online" and fill in
the application form and attach your application, CV and information about
academic grades.

Please DO NOT include reprints of already published papers with your
application.

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




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Med venlig hilsen

Alan Wervick, Konsulent
S I G N A T U R
Købmagergade 60, 3. sal
1150 København K
Tlf.  +45 3318 7204
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