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The Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology at Uppsala University (www.igp.uu.se) has a broad research profile with strong research groups focused on cancer, autoimmune and genetic diseases. A fundamental idea at the department is to stimulate translational research and thereby closer interactions between medical research and health care. Research is presently conducted in the following areas: medical and clinical genetics, clinical immunology, pathology, neuro-oncology, vascular biology, radiation science and molecular tools. Department activities are also integrated with the units for Oncology, Clinical Genetics, Clinical Immunology, Clinical Pathology, and Hospital Physics at Akademiska sjukhuset, Uppsala. The department has teaching assignments in several education programmes, including Master Programmes, at the Faculty of Medicine, and in a number of educations at the Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology. The department has a yearly turnover of around SEK 400 million, out of which more than half is made up of external funding. The staff amounts to approximately 340 employees, out of which 100 are PhD-students, and there are in total more than 600 affiliated people.

Work description:
The researcher position involves genomics analysis of development and progression of blood vessels in various vascular diseases such as Cerebral Cavernous Malformations and tumors, design and operation of NGS analysis pipelines for the vascular biology program at the institute. The successful candidate will be expected to independently managing projects and have multidisciplinary skills working with people from different fields. Additional administrative services at the department may be included in this position. Teaching (max 20%) and supervision of students.

Qualifications:
Doctor’s degree in a topic of relevance for the position and long-time experience in bioinformatics. We seek a candidate who have solid knowledge in RNA biology and vascular biology. The successful applicant will have previous experience with NGS data analysis, including DNA-seq, RNA-seq, small RNA-seq, epigenomics and single-cell RNA-seq analysis, and be fluent in at least one of the following programming languages: Perl, Python or R. Further experience in NGS library preparation is highly desired. Excellent skills in writing and communicating in English is required.

Application:
The application should contain an application letter with the motivation to join the group, curriculum vitae and list of scientific publications of the candidate. The name and contact details of the PhD supervisor should also be included.

Uppsala University values the qualities that even gender distribution and diversity add to the business. We therefore look forward to searching for all sexes and with different birth background, functionality and life experience.

Salary: According to individual qualifications

Start date: As soon as possible

Form of employment: General temporary employment ending 2020-10-30 with the possibility of extension.

Extent of employment: 100%

For more information contact:
Peetra Magnusson, peetra.magnusson@igp.uu.se, 018-471 4886

You are welcome to apply no later than October 26, 2018. UFV-PA 2018/3383.