Centre for Integrative Genetics (CIGENE)

CIGENE — Centre for Integrative Genetics — is a multi-institutional research centre hosted by the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) at Aas, 30 km south of Oslo. CIGENE (www.cigene.no) aims to contribute to a deep causal understanding of complex genetic characters in fish, plants and animals for scientific and commercial exploitation based on an integrative genetics approach. As a core facility under the Norwegian Functional Genomics Programme (www.fuge.no), CIGENE is also responsible for providing a national service for detection, typing and interpretation of SNPs (Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms), and for systems-oriented computational biology.

CIGENE is now inviting applications for a three-year postdoctoral fellowship/research position associated with CIGENEs computational services.

The candidate's work will be focused towards development and application of multivariate data analysis methodology with high-throughput genotype/phenotype data - in particular case/control association studies based on data generated by our SNP technology platforms MassARRAY, Affymetrix and Illumina.

Candidates should have an educational background in bioinformatics and/or statistics and/or computational biology. Candidates should also be able to document solid programming skills and be familiar with R/Matlab/Perl/Java/C in Windows or Linux environments. Applicants must have successfully completed their doctoral degree. We expect candidates to be highly skilled in their field, self-motivated, eager to take the initiative, in possession of good interpersonal skills and willing to work in close collaboration with others.

Annual salary ranges from level 54 to 60 on the Norwegian Government salary scale (approximately NOK 394,900 to 439,500 (EUR 50,300 — 56,000), depending on qualifications. The position is located at CIGENEs premises at UMB.

UMB wants to recruit more females to science. If two or more applicants are considered to be equally qualified for the position, and at least one of them is a female, the female will be employed.

The application should be submitted via the link: "Apply for this position" on top of this web page by June 25th 2008.

Printed material which can not be sent electronically (e.g. copies of verified testimonies, certificates, publications including Masters thesis etc) should be sent threefold (3 copies of each) by regular mail marked 08/697 to Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Dept. of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, P O Box 5003, N-1432 Aas, Norway by June 25th 2008.

For further information contact Associate Prof. Ulf Indahl (e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) phone +47-64965830) or Prof. Stig W. Omholt (e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) phone +47-64965297).

Please apply via jobbnorge.no.