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BACKGROUND

A PhD position is available at the newly formed Department of Bio and Health Informatics (DTU Bioinformatics) at the Technical University of Denmark within the area of Biotechnology and Meta-Genomic Informatics.

The research at DTU Bioinformatics is focused on benefitting from the wealth of new data and data types being generated within Life Science to improve human and animal health and develop solutions to problems of biotechnological and industrial interest. A cornerstone in achieving this is the dedicated effort within DTU Bioinformatics to develop artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions to the challenge of handling and interpreting large scale and heterogeneous data.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Title: Metagenomic Data stratified using Artificial Intelligence

This PhD project will utilise the recent installed Life-Science supercomputer installation at DTU, the current Marsupial Gut Microbiome project at the University of Queensland together with UQ and DTU's combined experiences from large-scale Animal Microbiome projects, to build up an infrastructure - "MetaAI" - for the intelligent analysis of animal microbiomes related to biotechnological knowledge discovery.

REQUIREMENTS

Candidates should hold a master's degree in bioinformatics, biology, engineering, computer science or similar. The candidate must have strong computational skills and prior experience with Unix/Linux command line environments, SQL, as well as either Perl, Python, Ruby or a comparable scripting language. The applicant must have prior experience with machine learning methods. NGS analysis and large-scale data mining is considered a plus. The applicant must be a good communicator and strong in written as well as spoken English.

PREFERENCES

Approval and Enrolment:
The scholarships for the PhD degree are subject to academic approval, and the candidates will be enrolled in one of the general degree programmes of DTU. For information about the general requirements for enrolment and the general planning of the scholarship studies, please see the DTU PhD Guide.

Assessment:
The assessment of the applicants will be made by Professor Thomas Sicheritz-Pontén.

TERMS & COMPENSATION

The salary and appointment terms are consistent with the current rules for PhD degree students. The period of employment is 3 years.

We offer:
We offer an interesting and challenging job in an international environment focusing on education, research, public-sector consultancy and innovation, which contribute to enhancing the economy and improving social welfare. We strive for academic excellence, collegial respect and freedom tempered by responsibility. The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) is a leading technical university in northern Europe and benchmarks with the best universities in the world.

ABOUT US

DTU Bioinformatics is a new department at DTU formed by the bioinformatic part of the former Department of Systems Biology. DTU Bioinformatics is operating at the highest level of research, teaching, innovation, and consultancy services within the areas biotechnological informatics and health informatics. The department's activities in the fields of research, teaching, scientific advice, and innovation are centered on the following research areas: health and cancer, immunology, infectious diseases, proteins, molecular biology, and molecular mechanisms, plants and biotechnology and big data infrastructure.

DTU is a technical university providing internationally leading research, education, innovation and public service. Our staff of 5,800 advance science and technology to create innovative solutions that meet the demands of society; and our 10,300 students are being educated to address the technological challenges of the future. DTU is an independent academic university collaborating globally with business, industry, government, and public agencies.

You can read more about the Department of Bioinformatics on http://www.cbs.dtu.dk

HOW TO APPLY

Further information may be obtained from Professor Thomas Sicheritz-Pontén, +45 45 252422, mail: thomas[at]cbs.dtu.dk

Please do not send applications to this e-mail address, instead apply online as described below.

Application:
Please submit your online application no later than 30 September 2016. Apply at http://www.career.dtu.dk

Applications must be submitted as one pdf file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link "Apply online," fill in the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one pdf file. The file must include:

A letter motivating the application (cover letter)
Curriculum vitae
Grade transcripts and BSc/MSc diploma (an official translation into English)
Excel sheet with translation of grades to the Danish grading system (see guidelines and excel spreadsheet here)

Candidates may apply prior to obtaining their master's degree, but cannot begin before having received it.

POLICY

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, disability, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.

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