[BBC] Job announcement: Postdoc position in Cancer Bioinformatics
Can Kesmir
c.kesmir at uu.nl
Wed Jun 24 17:05:46 CEST 2015
Dear all
We have an exciting postdoc position available in cancer bioinformatics,
that should be filled in as soon as possible.
*Job description*
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.
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).
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.
*Qualifications*
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.
*
Offer*
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 employment conditions
<http://www.uu.nl/EN/informationfor/jobseekers/Working-for-Utrecht-University/terms-of-employment/Pages/default.aspx>.
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.
*About the organisation*
Utrecht University <http://www.uu.nl/en> 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.
The Faculty of Science
<http://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/faculty-of-science> 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.
The theoretical biology and bioinformatics <http://tbb.bio.uu.nl/> (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 Biodynamics and Biocomplexity
<http://www.ibb-uu.nl/> (IBB <http://www.ibb-uu.nl/>), embedded in one
of the largest Biology departments in the Netherlands (>200 new students
per year). We are part of the Utrecht Center for Quantitative Immunology
<http://tbb.bio.uu.nl/ucqi>(UCQI <http://tbb.bio.uu.nl/ucqi>), 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.
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.
*How to apply?*
Application deadline is 1st of July. Please use the following link to
apply:
https://lnkd.in/dPDXR_7
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