Please feel free to forward this mail to suitable candidates or to bring them to our attention. Two postdoc vacancies for toxicogenomics bioinformatics at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) Within the context of the Netherlands Toxicogenomics Centre (NTC), a multidisciplinary research effort will be executed. We aim to develop novel genomics-based methods for assessing human health risk associated with chemical exposures. The project is broken up in different work packages according to specific endpoints of toxicity (carcinogenesis, immune toxicity, reproductive toxicity, organ toxicity), and an overarching work package devoted to bioinformatics. The two postdocs will provide bioinformatics support for the analysis of transcriptomics data as well as emerging omics data (e.g. proteomics, metabolomics, SNPs, miRNA). Multi-platform experimental and literature data will be integrated to identify genes and pathways involved in toxicological mechanisms. This will be used to develop in silico systems biology models for toxicology prediction in research models appropriate for the other work packages. Systems toxicology models will be validated regarding translation to humans and applicability in regulatory decision making. We offer an exciting working environment in a fast developing scientific field. Experience with bioinformatics, and the ability to connect mathematical approaches with biology are prerequisites. The work place will be Bilthoven; affiliations will be with Maastricht University. The salary will be at the level 10 according to the Collective Employment Agreement of the Dutch Universities. For more general information, please visit http://www.toxicogenomics.nl. For more specific information contact: Dr. J. Pennings, 030-2742214, jeroen.pennings@rivm.nl Please send applications ultimately February 9, 2009, to: Prof. dr. H. van Loveren, RIVM PO Box 1 3720 BA Bilthoven the Netherlands ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeroen Pennings National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) Laboratory for Health Protection Research (GBO) P.O.Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands T: +31 (0)30 - 274 2214 F: +31 (0)30 - 274 4446 E: Jeroen.Pennings@rivm.nl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer RIVM