The Fraunhofer IZI Continuing Education Scholarships is coordinating a large collaborative project that aims at the identification and validation of biomarkers on the basis of the non-protein coding part of the human genome. TheContinuing Education Scholarships project focuses on diagnostic and prognostic questions of utmost relevance for patients and health economy. Participation of five Fraunhofer Institutes from different technical and biomedical disciplines make this an outstanding highly interdisciplinary project striving to redefine the process of biomarker development.
Furthermore Continuing Education Scholarships, we expect:
– The ideal candidate has a strong background in molecular biology, experience in transcriptomics and holds a PhD in biology, biochemistry or any equivalent discipline.
– He or she is familiar with high-throughput molecular techniques like microarrays and/or next generation sequencing and has a basic understanding of bioinformatic and statistic analysis of transcriptomic data sets. Familiarity with the R statistical framework and Unix/Linux operating systems is desirable.
– The candidate has a strong interest in biomedical, disease relevant research questions.
– In addition, the candidate should enjoy working on application oriented research, which involves presenting and marketing research results to industrial partners and contribute to raising funds from commercial and public sources.
– The candidate must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be capable of working within an interdisciplinary team. The candidate must have excellent written and verbal skills in English.Employment, compensation and benefits are determined by the collective agreement for public service (TVÖD). The position is initially limited to the project end on 12/31/2013. To apply, please email a cover letter, CV (in English), a summary of your PhD thesis and related papers and contact information of three professional references to our personnel management:
Questions regarding this positions should be directed to:
Dr. Jörg Hackermüller, joerg.hackermueller@izi.fraunhofer.de
Phone +49 341 35536-5205.
