Post-doctoral fellow

Post-doctoral fellow in Bioinformatics or Biostatistics

A position as postdoctoral research fellow is available at The Cancer Registry of Norway - Institute of Population based Cancer Research, Oslo, Norway. Fellowship duration is 3 years. The position is funded by the Norwegian Research Council program ‘Human biobanks and health data (BIOBANK)’.

The post-doctoral fellow’s objective is to analyze a small RNAs sequencing data set from about 1900 controls, lung-, colon- and rectal cancer samples already produced in collaboration with researchers at the Norwegian Sequencing Centre.

We seek a team member to our multi-disciplinary research group. This group holds expertise in molecular biology, bioinformatics, biostatistics and epidemiology and collaborates with national and international research groups. We are co-localized with The Institute for Cancer Research at the Radium hospital.

Job description

• Bioinformatic and biostatistical analyses of miRNA, registry- and exposure data, and interpretation of results.
• Scientific communication of research results in international journals and participation at national and international conferences.
• Participation in grant application processes.
• Contribute in our research group

We can offer

• A dynamic, multi-disciplinary and creative working environment.
• Close collaboration with molecular, bioinformatic and biostatistical research groups at the University of Oslo
• Access to in-house and national high performance computers for analyses of sensitive data
• Flexible working hours
• Good welfare benefits

Qualifications

• Completed PhD degree in bioinformatics, statistics or molecular biology including applied bioinformatics/statistics.
• Experience with handling and analyzing large molecular data sets.
• Experience in programming and high-performance computing.

Personal skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Ability to work independently and systematically.
• Extensive analytical skills.
• Result oriented

Other information

• Employment type: Full-time for 3-years

Annual gross salary

• NOK 496.000 - 530.000 p. y. depending on qualifications

For further information about the fellowship, please contact: Trine Rounge,

E-mail: trine.rounge@kreftregisteret.no or Hilde Langseth, E-mail:hilde.langseth@kreftregisteret.no

The application including CV, references and copies of certificates must be sent to kreftregisteret@kreftregisteret.no (labelled: postdoc miR Janus) no later than July 27th, 2016.