Research assistant in genetic epidemiology - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

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 440 million, out of which more than half is made up of external funding. The staff amounts to approximately 370 employees, out of which 100 are PhD-students, and there are in total more than 750 affiliated people.

Project description: The research assistant will be employed within the research group of Dr. Åsa Johansson (click here for more information of the research). The project will focus on genetic and epidemiological studies of complex diseases.

The primary task is to analyze large-scale cohort and registry data, including both risk factors (includingobesity, hormonal levels, lifestyle, diet), protein biomarkers, and genetic/genomic data (GWAS, whole-genome sequencing (WGS), whole-exome sequencing data (WES)), with a goal to also evaluate theability to capture information from rare sequence variants.

The secondary aim is to construct polygenicrisk scores (with freely available tools, such as LD-pred, or tools that are currently being developedwithin the research lab) to identify individuals at high risk to develop a disease. The dutiesinclude planning, conducting data analysis, compiling results, and writing and presenting scientific works.

Qualifications:
- Master degree in Biomedical sciences.
- Experience in bioinformatic or statistical analyzes of large-scale epidemiological, genomic, proteomicor transcriptomic data.
- Experience of working with polygenic risk scores, GWAS, CNV-analyses and sequencing data.
- Documented experience in programming in R.
- Good ability to express yourself in English, both orally and in writing.
- Good collaboration and communication skills, and experience in international collaborations.
- Documented experience in compiling and publishing scientific articles in a related field.

Salary: Individual salary.

Starting date: 01-07-2021 or as otherwise agreed.

Type of employment: Temporary position of 6 months, with possible prolognation there after.

Scope of employment: 100 %

For further information about the position please contact: Åsa Johansson, e-mail: asa.johansson@igp.uu.se. 

Please submit your application by 10 of June 2021, UFV-PA 2021/2229.

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