[SocBiN] Phd position in RNA bioinformatics at the RTH center

[Christian Anthon]

Dear Colleague,

The RTH center in Copenhagen has an open 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. Application deadline is 
2013-08-25. For more information about the RTH center visit 
http://rth.dk. For full posting and online application procedure visit 
http://jobbank.ku.dk/job/395276/koebenhavns-universitet/phd-fellowship-in-rna-bioinformatics. 
Please pass the mail on to qualified students or people you think could 
be otherwise interested.

Background

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 RNA structure either for the entire 
sequence or sometimes as minor "domains". In RTH we have developed a 
range of computational tools for the analysis of both structured RNAs 
and high-throughput data.

Job description

Within RTH material has been collected for a range of diseases and will 
be combined with in silico generated information of structured RNA and a 
range of information such as expression and (protein and RNA) 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.

Qualification requirements

The applicant should hold professional as well as personal skills and 
qualifications as stated below:

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    A master degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, computer
    science or similar.

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    Very strong experience with script languages such as Perl or Python
    (or similar).

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    Strong experience with the linux/unix environment, command lines and
    shell scripting.

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    Experience with statistical analysis.

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    Differential expression analysis (with background correction /
    multiple testing).

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    Possess good interpersonal skills.

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    Be excellent in English, writing and speech.

In addition to the above, weight will be given to applicants meeting one 
or more of the following requirements:

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    General knowledge about RNA structure folding algorithms.

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    C or C++.

On behalf of Professor Jan Gorodkin (gorodkin at rth.dk).

With wishes of a nice Summer, Christian.

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