Title of the project:
“Epigenetic memory of human immune cells in response to vitamin D“
Competition: OPUS 25
PI: prof. Carsten Carlberg
Description of the position:
Main responsibility for performing technically demanding epigenomic assays (DNA methylation, ATAC-seq, ChIPmentation) with PBMCs obtained from an intervention study. In addition, supporting PhD students in wet-lab and computational analysis.
Basic duties:
- Large scale data analysis of transcriptomic and epigenomic data obtained from samples of the intervention study;
- Creating mechanistic models from large-scale data obtained from the samples of the intervention study;
- Integration of the data using bioinformatics approaches including machine learning methods;
- Performing in silico interventions with the mechanistic models.
Requirements:
- PhD in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology or Genomics;
- Experience in molecular biology;
- Training in bioinformatics;
- Experience with analysis of high-throughput ‘omics data;
- Scientific achievements, including publications in renowned scientific journals;
- Achievements resulting from:
- conducting scientific research,
- scholarships,
- awards, workshops and scientific training,
- participation in research projects.
Additional skills:
- MSc in Computer Science, Statistic or Bioinformatics will be considered a clear advantage;
- High motivation to work in a multidisciplinary team;
- Excellent communication skills for effective interaction with the multidisciplinary cohort of researchers;
- Proactive, motivated, showing initiative;
- Good work organization;
- Fluency in English in writing and speaking;
- Good writing and presentation skills;
Recruitment process:
- Applications will be assessed in accordance with the criteria set out in the regulations for awarding research scholarships in research projects financed by the National Center of Science;
- Only on-line applications will be considered;
- Candidates evaluated with the highest score will be invited to an actual interview, which will take place face-to-face or online;
- During the interview, the candidate will be asked to deliver a 10-minute speech. presenting his/her PhD thesis and research results;
- Final results of the recruitment will be published on IAR&FR PAS webpage within 10 days after final decision;
- Note: Any person who feels aggrieved by the manner of recruitment and selection process should first submit a written complaint to the Head of HR and Payroll Department (j.papurzynska@pan.olsztyn.pl), within two weeks (14 days) of announcing the completion of the recruitment process;
- The complaint should specify the name of the position for which the competition was conducted, as well as a detailed description of the stage of the recruitment process, in relation to which comments are submitted.
Eligibility criteria
- CV (Curriculum Vitae) including publications and journal impact factor;
- Copies of academic degree diplomas (Bachelors, Masters, PhD);
- A summary of doctoral dissertation (up to 1 page);
- A summary of research proposal for a post-doctoral fellowship (up to 2 pages);
- Two academic recommendation letters from people familiar with your work;
- Cover letter.
Important information:
- Application deadline: Jul 18th, 2024, 23:59 (Eastern European Time);
- Application address: m.cieslik@pan.olsztyn.pl
- Interviews: TBD;
- Location: Olsztyn, Poland;
- Duration of the scholarship: 36 months;
- Date of position opening: October, 2024;
- Number of positions: 1.
Additional comments
Plese make sure that you enclose following statement within your application documentation:
I (State your name) in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27th, 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free transfer of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (hereinafter referred to as: GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation) of April 27th, 2016. (OJ EU.L No 119, p. 1)
hereby:
consent to the processing by the Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Science in Olsztyn (Administrator) of personal data provided by me within the scope and in accordance with the recruitment procedure with my participation.
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