[SocBiN] PhD student positions in Disease Systems Biology

[Alan Wervick]

*PhD student positions in Disease Systems Biology at the Novo Nordisk
Foundation Center for Protein Research*

A number of PhD positions are available in the Translational Disease
Systems Biology group at The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein
Research (CPR – www.cpr.ku.dk). 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.

*Responsibilities and tasks*

The Translational Disease Systems Biology group (
www.cpr.ku.dk/research/disease-systems-biology/brunak/) 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.

Projected start date: Early 2016.

*Qualifications*

The successful candidates will have strong qualifications or experience
within one or several of the following areas:

   - Bioinformatics and systems biology at the molecular level
   - NGS or clinical proteomics data
   - Disease biology
   - Healthcare data from registries and electronic patient records
   - Competence in statistics and/or machine learning techniques
   - Experience with health care terminologies, schemes and ontologies

*Formal requirements*

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.

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.

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 guidelines for the PhD programme
<http://healthsciences.ku.dk/phd/apply/> at the Faculty of Health and
Medical Sciences.

*Place of employment and work*

The employment is at CPR (www.cpr.ku.dk), 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.

For more information on working and living in Denmark visit www.ism.ku.dk
(International staff mobility) and www.workingconditions.ku.dk.



*Terms of salary and employment*

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.



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: http://ism.ku.dk/onarrival/pension/

*Duration: *3 years

*Application procedure*

Your application should be submitted electronically to:

http://employment.ku.dk/phd/

Please be aware that we only accept applications sent through this link.

Your application should include the following documents:

   1. Motivated letter of application
   2. Curriculum vitae, incl. education and experience
   3. Copy of diplomas/degree certificate(s)
   4. List of publications

*Deadline for application: December 9, 2015*

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 http://employment.ku.dk

For further information about the position or the process, please contact
CPR:

jobs at cpr.ku.dk

CPR and the University of Copenhagen wish to reflect the diversity of
society and welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless
of personal background.


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