[SocBiN] Open postdoc position in cheminformatics, bioinformatics, or computer science - applications in predictive toxicology- at Uppsala University, Sweden

[Ola Spjuth]

Postdoc position in cheminformatics, bioinformatics, or computer science - applications in predictive toxicology
at Uppsala Biomedical Center (BMC), Uppsala, Sweden
Application no later than 2012-05-09. UFV-PA 2012/966.

The Pharmaceutical Bioinformatics group at the Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences is an interdisciplinary research group with competences in pharmacology, bio- and cheminformatics, chemistry, biology but also software engineering, informatics, and statistics. The group is involved in a wide range of projects, many of which are in collaboration with pharmaceutical industry, and develops the graphical workbench Bioclipse. For more information about the group, see http://www.farmbio.uu.se/research/researchgroups/pb/

Brief description of the project: The successful applicant will conduct research on data interoperability for predictive toxicology, and especially design and implement an infrastructure consisting of a database and user interfaces for data and predictive models in toxicology. Of particular interest will be to merge chemical and biological data within a semantic framework, and link toxicity data to genomics and metabolomics data (toxicogenomics) with a connection to the Bioclipse framework (www.bioclipse.net). The candidate will also interact with the OpenTox project (www.opentox.org) and national collaborators including the Karolinska Institutet, the National Food Administration, and AstraZeneca R&D.

Qualifications: The successful applicant should have a PhD degree or equivalent scholarly competence in a relevant branch of chem/bioinformatics or computational science and a strong interest in informatics and data integration. Required competences include web programming, databases, working knowledge of Java, and the linux operating system. Knowledge in RDF, ontologies, and Semantic web technology (e.g. SPARQL) is meriting. Other important competences include ability to work independently and to interact with scientists from chem/biological fields. The research group is international and good knowledge in English is required.

Qualified to apply as Postdoc is one who have obtained PhD within the last three years. If there are special reasons, a PhD may have been obtained earlier. Such special reasons include illness, parental leave, and academic appointments in trust and alike.

You are welcome to submit your application no later than May 9th , 2012.

Link to job ad: http://www.uu.se/jobb/others/annonsvisning?tarContentId=186211&languageId=1


 


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