Dear all,
A postdoctoral position (see attachment) is available for a highly
motivated PhD that wishes to join the Laboratory of Cancer
Epigenetics (http://fukslab.ulb.be/
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headed by Prof. François Fuks (ULB-Cancer Research Center,
Brussels). The research goal will be the analysis of transcriptomic
and epigenomic changes (e.g. DNA methylation, histone
modifications) that arise in cancers. Particularly the analysis of
next generation sequencing data concerning a novel RNA epigenetic
modification, which our lab recently investigated, will be one of
the main challenging tasks of the candidate (Delatte et al., Science
2016). He/she will also participate in several projects with high
impact factor publication potentials.
The host lab is running a Next Generation Sequencing platform (http://epics.ulb.be/)
and the candidate will have the opportunity to analyse many types of
sequencing methods (RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, RIP-seq, CLIP-seq, Oxford
Nanopore, … ), while having a direct interaction with the wet lab
biologists generating the data. The host lab is part of the
ULB-Cancer Research Center (U-CRC) (http://ucrc.ulb.be/), providing a
high profile scientific environment. The candidate will join other
experienced bioinformaticians working on transcriptomics and
epigenomics, and collaborate with bioinformaticians from our
university, as well as with other institutes from Belgium and
abroad.
The candidate should hold a PhD (or about to be obtained) in
bioinformatics, bio-engineering, biomedical sciences or eventually
in engineering or computer sciences and demonstrate proficiency in
statistics and programming (e.g. R, python). Experience with
sequence data, genome-wide data sets (e.g. ChIP-seq, RNA-seq
...) or massive datasets analysis will be assets. The applicant
should have good organizational skills, a taste for
interdisciplinary research, excellent scientific writing and
presenting skills and be able to work independently. The interaction
with the biologists in the lab will be key for the success of this
project and genuine interest for biology and clinical researches is
required. A good biological background will be valuable. This
position is funded for 2 years, with the possibility of further
renewal. Screening of applications begins immediately and continues
until an outstanding candidate is selected (flexible starting date).
Please send a motivation letter, a CV and names of two referees
to Martin Bizet (mbizet@ulb.ac.be)
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Martin Bizet
Ph.D. in Bioinformatics
Laboratory of Cancer Epigenetics
ULB, Brussels, Belgium