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Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Bioinformatics
URL: http://uia.easycruit.com/vacancy/1286362/35071?iso=gb
Company / Organization: University of Agder, Norway
Pay Rate: 482-639,000 NOK
Type: Full-time
City: Kristiansand
State or Country if outside US: Norway
Application Deadline: 20-Dec-14
Duration: 2 years
Description:
The University of Agder (UiA) invites applications for a full-time fixed-term appointment as Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Bioinformatics at the Faculty of Engineering and Science, Department of Natural Sciences for a period of two years. The position will mainly be located in Kristiansand, Norway. However, the appointee may be required to stay for a period at the Institute of Marine Research, Flødevigen (IMR). The preferred start date is 1 May 2015 (negotiable with the department). The postdoctoral-fellow will primarily work in an ongoing international project entitled "Adaptation or plasticity as response to large scale translocations and harvesting over a climatic gradient in the marine ecosystem?" funded by the Research Council of Norway (RCN) under the Havkyst programme. This project aims at improving our understanding of adaptive process in marine fish in response to human and climatic stressors. During its development, large datasets will be generated by means of Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) approaches, focusing the analysis on Rads and transcriptomics data. The candidate will also have the opportunity to get involved in other ongoing projects at CCR as well as to develop own initiatives.
Requirements:
Applicants are asked to submit their application and CV online. Please use the link "Send application". The following documentation should be submitted online. Diplomas, transcripts and letters of reference Complete list of scientific publications A description of research interests, background for the problem that the applicant wishes to study and its relevance for the above mentioned project In addition, the following documents in three hard copies should be submitted to University of Agder, c/o HR Department, att. HR-adviser Richard Lislevand, Post Box 422, NO-4604 Kristiansand, Norway, quoting "Ref. no. 108/14": Doctoral dissertation A maximum of ten (10) scholarly and other relevant publications which the applicant wishes to include for assessment
Point of Contact: Enrique Blanco Gonzalez
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