DESCRIPTION

We are looking for two PhD students to join a bioinformatics group based at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba and Data Science Platform of George and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation. The candidates should have a thesis-based Master's degree and has good programming skill using R. The candidates should have a GPA >3.5. The positions are fully funded by research assistantships.

HOW TO APPLY

Applicants who have been trained in life science (such as cancer biology, genetics, bioinformatics) will register in graduate program in the Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics. This position can start in January 2017.

Applicants who have been trained in computer science will register in graduate program in the Department of Computer Science (https://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/graduate/). This position can start in September 2017.

Applicants should send their CV, transcripts and English test results to Dr. Pingzhao Hu at pingzhao.hu[at]umanitoba.ca.

For more information: http://www.hu-bioinformaticslab.org