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Dear all<tt><br>
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</tt> We have an exciting postdoc position available in cancer
bioinformatics, that should be filled in as soon as possible. <br>
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<b>Job description</b>
<p>The postdoc will be part of a joint international effort to
implement personalized immunotherapy, targeting unique tumor
associated mutations in patients. This is an exciting position at
the crossroad of the blooming field of cancer genomics, and
immunological bioinformatics.</p>
<p>The postdoc will be working on two main projects: 1) evaluation
and further development of existing models to predict the
likelihood that a presented tumor mutation (in the form of a
peptide-MHC complex) is recognized by the patient’s immune system,
and 2) based on the primary sequence information of T cell
receptors, predict their most likely ligands (e.g., mutations
found in the individual patients). These innovative and ambitious
projects will be performed in close collaboration with Prof. Ton
Schumacher from Dutch Cancer Institute (NKI).</p>
<p>The position is part of the EU Horizon2020 project called
"APERIM: Advanced bioinformatics platform for PERsonalised cancer
Immunotherapy” (H2020-PHC-2014), consisting of eight academic
partners and three companies.</p>
<p><b>Qualifications</b> </p>
<p>We are looking for a bioinformatician at the postdoc level with a
keen interest in immunology and/or cancer. The position can be
converted into a PhD student in case we have an excellent
candidate. Applications from cancer immunologists with some
computational experience are highly welcome.<br>
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Offer</b> </p>
<p>The candidate is offered a full-time position for three years.The
salary is supplemented with a holiday bonus of 8% and an
end-of-year bonus of 8,3% per year. In addition we offer: a
pension scheme, a partially paid parental leave, flexible <a
href="http://www.uu.nl/EN/informationfor/jobseekers/Working-for-Utrecht-University/terms-of-employment/Pages/default.aspx"
target="_blank">employment conditions</a>. Conditions are based
on the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities. The
research group will provide the candidate with necessary support
on all aspects of the project.<br>
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<p><b>About the organisation</b> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.uu.nl/en" target="_blank">Utrecht University</a> has
great ambitions for its teaching quality and study success rates.
This also applies to its clear research profiles which are centred
around four themes: Dynamics of Youth, Institutions, Life Sciences
and Sustainability. Utrecht University plays a prominent role in
our society and contributes to finding the answers to topical and
future societal issues.
</p>
<p>The <a
href="http://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/faculty-of-science"
target="_blank">Faculty of Science</a> consists of six
departments: Biology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Information and
Computing Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry and
Mathematics. The Faculty is home to 3500 students and nearly 2000
staff and is internationally renowned for the quality of its
research. The Faculty's academic programmes reflect developments
in today's society.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://tbb.bio.uu.nl/" target="_blank">theoretical
biology and bioinformatics</a> (TBB) group at the Biology
department of Utrecht University employs computational and
mathematical models and bioinformatics to perform fundamental
biological research in a variety of biological disciplines, and
part of the group is specialized in immunology (Prof. Rob de Boer
and Dr. Can Kesmir). We have long a standing expertise in modeling
the immune system and in applying bioinformatics (mainly
data-driven methods) to predict the specificity of the immune
responses. The group is part of the Institute of <a
href="http://www.ibb-uu.nl/">Biodynamics and Biocomplexity</a> (<a
href="http://www.ibb-uu.nl/">IBB</a>), embedded in one of the
largest Biology departments in the Netherlands (>200 new
students per year). We are part of the <a
href="http://tbb.bio.uu.nl/ucqi" target="_blank">Utrecht Center
for Quantitative Immunology </a>(<a
href="http://tbb.bio.uu.nl/ucqi">UCQI</a>), which brings
together an experienced collaborative team of immunologists,
bioinformaticians, and mathematical modelers. This unique position
allows daily collaboration with wet lab immunologists and
biologists.</p>
<p>The group teaches modeling and bioinformatics to biology students
at the bachelor and master level. PhD students in the group have
diverse backgrounds ranging from biology, physics to mathematics,
and typically half of them are from abroad. The IBB focuses on
molecular life sciences, and is collaborating with other
departments of the Faculty of Science, the Faculty of Medicine,
and the Hubrecht Institute in Utrecht. UCQI is a joint effort
between Utrecht University and the Utrecht Medical Center.</p>
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<b>How to apply?</b><br>
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Application deadline is 1st of July. Please use the following link
to apply: <br>
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<a href="https://lnkd.in/dPDXR_7" data-trk="link" target="_blank">https://lnkd.in/dPDXR_7</a><br>
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