Luxembourg : Junior Researcher (PhD student) in Cell Biology-Systems Biology

The University of Luxembourg has the following vacancy in the Life Sciences Research Unit (LSRU) of its Faculty of Sciences, Technology and Communication.

Junior Researcher / PhD student (M/F)

• 2-year contract, renewable once for the same period, 40 hours/week, beginning earliest October 15th, 2010
• Ref:F1-040001
• Student AND employee status

Area: Cell biology – Systems biology

Mission:

• Prepare a doctoral thesis in Biology.
• Assist the professor in his teaching activities (mostly done in French), one to three hours per week.
• Contribute to tutoring students.

Moreover, the objective of the LSRU is to use systems biology approaches to gain further insights into characteristics of inflammatory processes occurring in major diseases. Preparing his doctoral thesis, the successful candidate will

• collect genomic, transcriptomic, simple proteomic and functional data from wet lab in vitro cellular inflammation processes, in order to evidence new genetic biomarkers in atherosclerosis,
• use systems biology and bioinformatics approaches to unify data derived from our own experiments and others reported in the literature and databases with clinical data, to develop mathematical modeling, to improve the existing functional schemes and to enhance their predictability.

Profile:

• Master in Bioinformatics / Biology or equal required
• Knowledge in data integration plus experience in wet lab and genome biology would be ideal
• Good knowledge in French (teaching will mostly be done in French)
• Working knowledge in English

Offer:

• Opportunity to participate in the development of a newly created university
• A modern, well-equipped laboratory within a nice, dynamic and international working environment

Applications (in English) should contain the following documents:

• a detailed curriculum vitae
• a motivation letter
• your scanned diplomas and references files

All applications should be sent until September 5th, 2010 as electronic version to Prof. Jean-Luc Bueb (jean-luc.bueb)
The University of Luxembourg is an equal opportunity employer.

Further Information

Application Deadline : 5 September 2010

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