[Denmark] PhD fellow in colorectal cancer research

The Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Copenhagen and the Danish Council for Strategic Research
 
We wish to appoint a PhD fellow in colorectal cancer research from 1 February 2010 to 31 January 2013.
 
Job description
With reference to the project supervisors (Professor Nils Brünner and Assistant Professor Maria Unni Rømer) the work of the PhD fellow will consist mainly of duties in connection with research and development within predictive biomarkers in colorectal cancer. In particular, we will identify and validate new predictive biomarkers for oxaliplatin and irinotecan treatment efficacy. The scientific studies are to take place in our laboratories at the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen.
 
The appointee should have qualifications within some of the following areas:

• In vitro cell culture work
• Molecular biology methods
• Tumor biology

 
Qualification requirements
In connection with the appointment to the post, special importance will be attached to the applicant having the professional and personal qualifications stated below:
Passed Master´s degree in relation to the above subject areas.
Structural working stills and/or having showed the ability to plan and execute cell biological experimental work.
 
The PhD fellow is also required to have research potential, to be enterprising and to possess good interpersonal skills.
 
Terms of employment
The post will be filled according to the Agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The post is covered by the Protocol on Job Structure.
 
The position as PhD fellow requires the applicant to be approved for admission to the PhD programme at LIFE when accepted for the post.
 
Questions
For further information about the post, please contact Professor Nils Brünner (nbr@life.ku.dk) or Assistant Professor Maria Unni Rømer (romer@life.ku.dk).
 
General questions regarding the PhD programmes should be directed to Course Administration c/o special advisor Michael Cleve Hansen, tel. + 45 3533 2056 or head clerk Lillian Zeuthen Bjørnseth on tel. +45 3533 2172. Further information on the PhD programmes is available at www.life.ku.dk/English  >Education > PhD Education > Regulations.
 
Application
The application should be submitted in 2 (sorted) copies or by e-mail as one pdf-file. The application must include a reply e-mail address. Each application must include the following appendices marked with the stated appendix numbers:

• Appendix 1: Curriculum vitae with documentation of education.
• Appendix 2: Material required for expert assessment.

 
In addition to the material that the applicant wishes to have included in the assessment, the Assessment Committee may include further material in their assessment of the applicant. In such circumstances, it is the responsibility of the applicant, on request, to send the material to the Committee.
 
Following processing of the application, any application material sent will be destroyed.
 
Receipt of the application will not be acknowledged, but the applicant will be kept continuously informed of the progress of the application.
 
The applicant will be assessed according to the Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation Executive Order no 284 of 25. April 2008.
 
The application, marked 625-197 should be sent to The Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Grønnegårdsvej 15, 1870 Frederiksberg C, where it must be received no later than 4 January 2010 at 12.00 noon. Alternatively the application with all appendices can be e-mailed as one pdf-file to ivs-job@life.ku.dk. Please write "Application" and the mark number in the subject field. Applications received after the closing date for applications will not be considered.

Deadline: 04-01-2010
Publisher: Det Biovidenskabelige Fakultet
E-mail: ivs-job@life.ku.dk

 

More information

Related articles :

Ph.D. fellow in Plant Physiology and Molecular Genetics Post doc in RNA Bioinformatics and systems biology [China] Faculty positions/Postdoctoral positions in Key Laboratory of Systems Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai [UK] Non-Clinical Senior Research Fellow Post-Doctoral Fellow Position in Behavioural Pharmacology