[BBC] vacancy for a PhD fellowship: network-analysis for precision oncology

[Kathleen Marchal]

I would like to post the vacancy for a PhD fellowship: network-analysis 
for precision oncology.

Thanks for handling this posting.

Regards

Kathleen

*PhD fellowship network-analysis for precision oncology *

IDLab/IMEC (Dataintegration & Biological networks subgroup, UGent) has 
an open position for a PhD fellowship (4 years) in the domain of 
precision oncology. The goal of the PhD research is to develop and apply 
data analytics to study the evolution of metastatic cancer in order to 
identify prognostic biomarkers. Hereto innovative methods need to be 
developed that integrate genomic information derived from cohorts of 
tumor samples with clinical information (e.g., therapy outcome). The 
focus will be on studying the added value of graph based-analysis for 
feature extraction and patient stratification. The research will be 
performed in close collaboration with clinicians, experts in molecular 
diagnosis and software engineers to facilitate the transfer of the 
developed methods to a clinical setting.

*Requirements*

•You hold a Master degree in Bioinformatics, Informatics, Mathematics, 
Engineering, Bioscience engineering, or an equivalent degree. Last year 
students can also apply
•A strong interest in interdisciplinary research
•Interest/knowledge of computer science and/or machine learning
•Interest in biology or molecular biology
•Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R and/or C++ as 
well as Linux systems.
•Fluency in spoken and written English

*More information*

The ‘Dataintegration & Biological networks’ group headed by K. Marchal 
is located at the engineering faculty of Ghent University (IDLab/IMEC). 
The group’s research focus is on bioinformatics method development. The 
group is specialized in combining advanced datamining techniques with 
biological principles. http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be/DBN/ and 
http://www.ugent.be/ea/idlab/en/members/kathleen-marchal.htm.

*Interested?*

To apply, forward a copy of your CV, a motivation letter and contact 
information for two references, to the following email address 
kathleen.marchal at ugent.be <mailto:kathleen.marchal at ugent.be>

Application deadline: July 31, 2020

Tentative start date: October 2020

Duration: 4 years






-- 
Prof. Kathleen Marchal
Dept. of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University
Dept. of Information Technology, IDLab, imec,
Dept. of Genetics, University of Pretoria, South Africa
http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be/DBN
iGent Toren, Technologiepark 126,
9052 Gent,
Belgium

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