BACKGROUND

The Research Program on Biomedical Informatics (GRIB) at the Municipal Institute for Medical Research (IMIM) is seeking highly motivated candidates for a PhD position funded by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) thematic network on Cooperative Research in Computational Biomedicine (COMBIOMED). The research project is entitled “Computational approaches to the study of transcriptional dysregulatory programs in cancer and their therapeutic targets” and aims at identifying patterns of molecular dysregulation at transcriptional level in cancer and those proteins in the altered transcriptional programs that could play a role as potential therapeutic targets, by using a bioinformatic approach.

The IMIM is part of the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB) which joins together different research centers in the scope of life sciences (see http://www.prbb.org), the department of Experimental Sciences and Health of the Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) and which is located next to a hospital, forming one of the most interesting research environments in life sciences in Spain and southern Europe.

REQUIREMENTS

The successful candidate should hold a degree in life or experimental sciences and a master degree of at least 60 ECTS that proves previous training on fundamental concepts of molecular biology and bioinformatics, particularly necessary is a previous exposure to computer programming and databases, unix operating systems, basics of statistical data analysis and interpretation, and a high degree of motivation for science and research.

TERMS

3-year contract starting between september and november 2008.

LOCALE

Research Program on Biomedical Informatics
Municipal Institute of Medical Research (IMIM - http://www.imim.es)
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF - http://www.upf.edu)
Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB - http://www.prbb.org)

COMPENSATION

21,000 - 22,000 EUR bruto per year

HOW TO APPLY

Please send a complete CV, including academic record, to robert.castelo[at]upf.edu jointly with the email address of at least one person who may be asked for reference on the application.

DEADLINE: July 15th