[BBC] PhD position in KU Leuven / Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Francisco Bonachela Capdevila
Francisco.BonachelaCapdevila at kuleuven-kortrijk.be
Fri Jan 18 11:49:37 CET 2013
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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