PhD student position in bioinformatics, deadline Feb 13, 2012 at 3.00 PM
The call for applications is hereby reopened. Applications received earlier will be considered when filling the position.
A bioinformatics PhD student position is available at the University of Eastern Finland, Institute of Biomedicine, Kuopio Campus (http://www.uef.fi/biolaaketiede), within the group of Sami Heikkinen (PhD, Docent in Molecular bioinformatics, Academy Research Fellow) (http://www.uef.fi/biolaaketiede/genetics).
The research topic which the PhD student to be recruited will work on is the Functional understanding of regulatory SNPs in type 2 diabetes. A wide range of bioinformatic methods are applied on own and public genome-wide and other relevant datasets. Close collaboration with local chromatin biology and human disease genetics groups ensures access to wet-lab experimentation and large clinical and genetic datasets.
The salary of the PhD student will be placed on levels 1-4 of the job requirement level chart for teaching and research personnel in the Salary System for Finnish Universities. The duration of the position will initially be up to three years (until the end of 2014), with a possibility for an extension up to Aug 31, 2016. In an ideal case the position starts on March 1st, 2012.
A person to be appointed to the PhD student position shall hold a suitable MSc degree (or equivalent). Persons graduating in the immediate future are also encouraged to apply. Applicants should have an educational background at least partly in computer science. Hands-on programming skills would ideally include R and Unix, the main programming environments of the group. Experience in statistical methods relevant to genetic datasets will be regarded as a merit.
The application consisting of the following documents should be sent or delivered to the Registry Office of the University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Campus, P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, FINLAND (street address: Yliopistonranta 1 E, Snellmania) or Joensuu Campus, P.O.Box. 111, 80101 Joensuu, FINLAND (street address: Yliopistokatu 2, Aurora). The application should also be e-mailed to Docent Sami Heikkinen, sami.heikkinen (at) uef.fi. The deadline for applications is February 13, 2012 (at 3.00 pm Finnish time).
The application should include
• A cover letter indicating the position to be applied for
• A short CV
• Copies of relevant diplomas and transcripts of academic records. The diplomas should be in English or Finnish, and the grading system should be described
• The names and contact information of two referees, ideally including the applicant’s main MSc supervisor
All enquiries related to the position should be addressed to Docent Sami Heikkinen, sami.heikkinen (at) uef.fi.