PhD Research Fellow in Bioinformatics

Position as PhD Research Fellow in bioinformatics available at Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo.

The fellowship will be for a period of 3 years, with no compulsory work or for a period of 4 years, with 25% compulsory work (teaching responsibilities at the department) contingent on the qualifications of the candidate and the teaching needs of the department.

No one can be appointed for more than one PhD Research Fellowship period at the University of Oslo.

Starting date no later than 01.10.2020.

A fully funded PhD Research fellowship is available at the Section for Genetics and Evolutionary Biology (EVOGENE), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo. The position will also be associated with the newly established Centre for Bioinformatics and the UiO:Life Science initiative at the University of Oslo.

The successful candidate will work on development of computational models and tools to understand epigenetic genome regulation, with a particular focus on the three-dimensional (3D) organization of the genome. The work will be carried out in a cross-disciplinary environment in close collaboration with evolutionary biologists, biostatisticians, and other bioinformaticians. The candidate is expected to draw on the expertises both within the Department and the Centre for Bioinformatics.

The candidate will be supervised within the recently established research group of Associate Professor Jonas Paulsen. The emphasis of the group is to understand the evolutionary basis of 3D genome regulation. Read more about the newly established group here.