Post-doctoral researcher for the "diXa"project, FHML/GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology/Department of Toxicogenomics
Specifications - (explanation)
Function types Postdoc positions
Scientific fields Natural Sciences
Hours 38.0 hours per week
Salary maximum € 3755
Education Doctorate
Job number AT2011.152
Translations en
Job description
In this position you will work onachievingthe goals set in the diXa work package“Human Disease Databases”:
Make an inventory, gap analysis, quality assessment and process to retrieve data on molecular data of human disease from existing, publicly available data sources and new data source;
Create a common portal between these databases and the diXa e-infrastucture.
As a post-doctoral researcher you will publish scientific journal articles on your work and will actively seek new funding opportunities through grant applications. You will present your work at local, national and international conferences. You will provide guidance to BSc, MSc and/or PhD students and will interact with other researchers. You do not have teaching obligations.
Requirements
A candidate with the following required and preferred qualifications:
PhD in Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, Molecular Medicine or equivalent.
A project and result-oriented way of working with a planned approach.
Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team of physicians, physicists, computer scientists and other medical and non-medical personnel.
Preferred:
Experience with working with publicly available molecular data sources (e.g. GEO and KEGG).
Experience with statistics.
Experience with gene-expression microarray data analysis.
Experience with working in the scientific or medical field.
Ability to program in R or equivalent languages.
Fluency in English.
Conditions of employment
The terms of employment of MaastrichtUniversityare set out in the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities (CAO). Furthermore, local UM provisions also apply. For more information look at the website www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/ , A-Z Terms of Employment.
Contract type: Temporary, untill 01-10-2014
Organisation
http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/
Maastricht University is renowned for its unique, innovative, problem-based learning system, which is characterized by a small-scale and student-oriented approach. Research at UM is characterized by a multidisciplinary and thematic approach, and is concentrated in research institutes and schools. Maastricht University has around 14,500 students and 3,800 employees. Reflecting the university's strong international profile, a fair amount of both students and staff are from abroad. The university hosts 6 faculties: Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Faculty of Law, School of Business and Economics, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience.
Additional information
For more information:
Andre Dekker, Head of Knowledge Engineering, MAASTRO Clinic
Telephone: +31-88-4455666
Email: andre.dekker@maastro.nl
For more information about the procedure:
Martine Berghof, HR assistent
Telephone: +31-43-3872835
Email: martine.berghof@maastrichtuniversity.nl