A temporary 20 % senior researcher position for 3 years is available at the Department of Medical Genetics, Section for Research and Development, Oslo University Hospital with start as soon as possible.

The position will be associated with the research group ''Cancer Genome Variation'', and will be working on the Pink ribbon-funded research project “Towards Precision Approaches in Breast Cancer: Decoding Germline and Somatic Interactions “.

The Department of Medical Genetics at Oslo University Hospital is Norway’s largest medical genetics department with over 200 employees. The department is responsible for diagnostics of rare and inherited diseases and runs a national research infrastructure for high-throughput DNA sequencing at the Norwegian Consortium for Sequencing and Personalized Medicine (www.norseq.org). The research section in the department has 7 research groups (www.ous-research.no/meg/) working in various fields of medical genetics, including breast cancer, the genetics of autoimmune, neurological, cardiovascular and psychiatric disorders, epigenetics causes of disease, as well as groups focusing on bioinformatics. 

Oslo University Hospital is a workplace with great diversity. We believe this is crucial for solving our tasks in the best possible way. We want this diversity to be reflected among the applicants for our positions, and we encourage all qualified candidates, regardless of background, to apply!

Kvalifikasjoner:

Required qualifications 

• A PhD in bioinformatics
• Strong statistical proficiency and hands-on experience with statistical programming languages like Python, R/Bioconductor, Bash, PHP, SQL, C++ and similar.
• Broad international research experience.
• Previous experience with and a solid theoretical understanding of genetics, disease and molecular biology in connection with bioinformatics.
• Experience with developing of software and different bioinformatics resources for genomics, molecular biology etc.
• A broad publication record in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
• Documented experience in quantitative research and analysis of large-scale, complex datasets.
• Documented administrative and leadership experience.
• Excellent oral and written English communication skills. Norwegian level B1 is also required.
  

Experience with the following will be considered an advantage:

• Broad variety of experience working with and in a variety of international projects.
• Broad experience from working with and in different institutions.
• Broad experience with machine learning and/or deep-learning frameworks applied to biological sequence data and/or regulatory genomics.
• Teaching and training experience in genomics data analysis, open science and reproducibility, bioinformatics, advanced machine learning and similar.
• Experience with multi-omics data sharing resources like ICGC, TCGA, GDC, dbGAP, SRA, GEO, EGA, ENCODE, Genomics England, cBioPortal, Globus and similar.
• Experience with web/Database development like MVC, Python/Django, PHP/Laravel, WordPress, R Shiny, jQuery/Ajax, HTML5, REST APIs, MySQL, SQLite and similar.
• Experience with peer-review for scientific journals.
• Experience with scientific presentations on an international level.
• Mentoring and supervising experience of master students and undergraduates.

Personlige egenskaper:

The right candidate:

• has high intrinsic motivation, scientific curiosity and creative thinking.
• Is a highly motivated, dynamic and flexible person who is well organized.
• Has the ability to present and execute novel ideas and “get people on board”.
• Is a team player who can work independently in a multidisciplinary and international team.
• Has high working capacity who can manage several projects at the same time.

Vi tilbyr:

• A 3-year part-time contract in a world-class research environment with possibility for extension, depending on the availability of funding.
• A 6 months trial period will be applied.
• Salary in agreement with the current collective agreement, and qualifications/experience.
• Favorable pension arrangements.
• A stimulating (international, multidisciplinary) research environment where quality, professionalism and team spirit are encouraged.
• A productive and motivating research environment.
• Attractive welfare arrangements.

How to apply:

• Applications only through "Webcruiter" are accepted.
• In the application letter, please include a summary of scientific work and interest
• CV, copies of educational certificates with grades.
• Names, email and telephone number of 3 referees (describe relation to applicant).
• A complete list of publications, highlighting the candidate’s role in main publications relevant to the position.