[BBC] PhD position in KU Leuven / Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

[Francisco Bonachela Capdevila]

PROJECT OUTLINE

INTEGRATIVE ANALYSIS OF GENOMICS, EPIGENOMICS AND TRANSCRIPTOMICS

The rapid evolution of analytical strategies in the last years has 
permitted an exhaustive analysis of biological processes providing us 
with different views of the origin of genetic diseases. Enormous 
datasets including genomics, transcriptomics and epigenomics have been 
regularly generated by Systems Biology approaches and new bioinformatics 
strategies must be developed to find relevant patterns and retrieve 
useful information from them. The individual approach to analyze those 
databases does not seem to be sufficient while integrative strategies 
start to be used, which provide us with a multi-perspective vision of 
the biological processes and diseases. At the Laprise lab in the context 
of the Canada Research Chair in asthma at UQAC, Chicoutimi, Québec both 
genomic, transcriptomics and epigenomics analysis have been run since 
2000. The expertise of CODeS group, KULAK, Belgium includes integrative 
and combinatorial optimization approaches in, among others, bioinformatics.

The doctoral project will be developed under both GEPROMIC and CODeS 
groups and new bioinformatics methodologies will have to be designed and 
developed with aim to integrate data from the previously mentioned 
heterogeneous biological databases in an efficient and relevant manner.

TIME FRAME

 From beginning 2013 to end of the 2016, the project on integrative 
genomics in asthma will be performed.

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

The candidate should have a master degree in Bioinformatics, 
Bio-engineering, Biomedical Sciences, Engineering or Computer Sciences 
and demonstrate deep knowledge in programming (e.g. perl, Java), 
computational statistics (e.g. R) and/or machine learning. Experience 
with sequence data or genome-wide data sets will be assets.

The candidate should have good organizational skills, interest for 
interdisciplinary research, good presenting skills and be able to work 
independently.

LOCATION

The Ph.D. research will be conducted partially in the Katholieke 
University of Leuven campus Kortrijk and in the Université du Québec à 
Chicoutimi.

CONTACT DETAILS

Please contact Dr. Catherine Laprise (catherine_laprise at uqac.ca) and Dr. 
Francisco Bonachela-Capdevila 
(Francisco.BonachelaCapdevila at kuleuven-kortrijk.be 
<mailto:Francisco.BonachelaCapdevila at kuleuven-kortrijk.be>). When 
applying please ensure you include a CV, a covering letter and your 
student record.

CLOSING DATE

Closing date: 3 February 2013

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