The Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at University of Copenhagen invites applications for a Postdoc position in Bioinformatics, Data Science/Database Programming or software/database developer for a 3-year position with a flexible start.
About the position:
- Extending an in-house technique for virtual screening of ligands for GPCRs to predict signalling bias for specific cellular pathways (different families of G proteins). Such ligands would help map signalling pathways and their effects and could lead to drugs with fewer side effects.
- Developing a public web resource offering these ligands to the global research community. This would allow e.g. pharmacologists to select a receptor target of interest and directly order compounds for biological assaying. Hence, the impact could be large on both academic research and drug discovery.
- This work will be conducted in tight collaboration with a strong local team of fellow developers and interdisciplinary scientists, as well as experts and users from the international research community.
Requirements:
- Applicant must be a highly motivated and ambitious bioinformatician, data scientist, programmer or software/database developer with experience with biological driven questions.
- Applicant must hold PhD relevant to Bioinformatics, Data Science, Programming or database development
- Proficient communication skills and ability to work in teams
- Excellent English skills written and spoken
- Excellent programming skills, preferably in Python
- Basic understanding of protein biology and pharmacological data
- Experience in (big) dataset analysis and parsing
- Demonstrated ability to learn new methods and biological subjects
- Demonstrated strong career progression and high ambition
Applications:
Apply online in English and application must include the following documents/attachments – all in PDF format:
- Letter of motivation for application (cover letter)
- CV incl. education, work/research experience, language skills and other skills relevant for the position.
- A certified/signed copy of a) PhD certificate and b) Master of Science certificate. If the PhD is not completed, a written statement from the supervisor will do.
- List of publications, including a separate section or marking of up to 5 most important selected articles.
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| Organization | University of Copenhagen |
| Country | Denmark |
| Fellowship Level | Postdoctoral |
| Subject areas | Bioinformatics, Data Science, Data Programming |
| Fellowship amount | Varies |
| Eligibility | Open to all nationalities |
| Deadline | 10 July 2020 |
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