About the University
With over 40,000 students and more than 9,000 employees, the University of Copenhagen is the largest institution of research and education in Denmark. The purpose of the University – to quote the University Statute – is to ’conduct research and provide further education to the highest academic level’. Approximate
ly one hundred different institutes, departments, laboratories, centres, museums, etc., form the nucleus of the University, where professors, lecturers and other academic staff, as well as most of the technical and administrative personnel, carry out their daily work, and where teaching takes place. These activities take place in various environments ranging from the plant world of the Botanical Gardens, through high-technology laboratories and auditoriums, to the historic buildings and lecture rooms of Frue Plads and other locations.
Research at the University of Copenhagen
The motivational force of the University's research activities is financially and politically independent, i.e. free basic research; however, specific collaborative endeavours with other institutions and companies also have a place among the countless research activities. The dissemination of knowledge and findings to other research environments and the general public is a natural element of the University's research efforts. The diversity of academic environments and scientific approaches is the University of Copenhagen's distinguishing feature and strength. Within the shared framework, the University is divided into six academic fields referred to as faculties. The faculties are further divided into departments and institutes acting as the primary workplace for the University's researchers. The University is also home to a number of centres, interdisciplinary projects and other units typically focusing their work on research in more specific academic areas.
A merger with The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University and The Danish University of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2007 has led to the formation of one of the largest Health and Life Science centres in Northern Europe consisting of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences and the Faculty of Science.
International research collaboration
The University of Copenhagen is a member of IARU (International Alliance of Research Universities). The alliance consists of ten universities worldwide: Australian National University, ETH Zürich, National University of Singapore, Peking University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Cambridge, University of Copenhagen, University of Oxford, The University of Tokyo, and Yale University.
Postdoc position in Disease Systems Biology at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research & Center for non-coding RNA in Technology and Health. A postdoc position is available shared between the Cellular Network Biology group at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research (CPR, http://www.cpr.ku.dk) and the Center for non-coding RNA in Technology and Health (RTH, http://rth.dk).
CPR has been established at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, to promote basic and applied discovery research on human proteins of medical relevance. The Center comprises a wide range of expertise and resources including proteomics, Protein production, Bioinformatics and general characterization of disease mechanisms. The Programme for Disease Systems Biology consists of two research groups covering many systems level aspects of biology and medicine, including the integration of molecular-level data and healthcare data, for example laboratory test data and biomedical texts.
Whereas CPR focuses on proteins, RTH develops technologies, computational methods and experimental approaches for analysis of the mammalian genome for non-coding RNAs in relation to (inflammatory) diseases. The center consists of a number of national and international partners, with the core located at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen.
Responsibilities and tasks
The Cellular Network Biology group led by Prof. Lars Juhl Jensen focuses on large-scale biomedical data and text mining in the context of molecular networks. The postdoc will work in close collaboration with Prof. Jan Gorodkin, who heads RTH. The job involves constructing and comparing gene pathways and association networks between human and model animal for example mouse and pig. More specifically the work involves developing an enhanced orthology-based pathway comparison involving development of computational means to score the comparisons. Furthermore, as most available pathways are Protein oriented, these will be extended with non-coding RNAs.
Project Start Date: May 1, 2016.
Qualifications:
The candidate must hold a Ph.D. degree (or equivalent) and have a strong background in systems biology/Bioinformatics is required
Experience with the UNIX shell and programming in a scripting language, such as Python or Perl, is further required
Experience with statistical analysis of pathways and networks is an advantage
Knowledge on molecular evolution, RNA structure, transcriptomics or proteomics is a plus
Programming experience in other languages, especially C or C++, is also desirable
As the project is highly multidisciplinary and involves many other research groups, strong collaboration and organizational skills are important.
Terms of employment: Employment will be in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and The Academics Central organization.
Salary: The monthly salary is around 32,000-33,700 DKK (around 4,200-4,500 €) plus 17.1 % in pension contribution
Duration: 2 years
How To Apply:
Your application should be submitted electronically to : http://employment.ku.dk/facult
y/
Only applications sent through this link will be accepted.
Your application should include the following documents:
Motivated letter of application
Curriculum vitae, incl. education and experience
Copy of diplomas/degree certificate(s)
List of publications
Apply Online
Deadline for application: February 27, 2016
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