Job Information
- Organisation/Company
- ULB
- Research Field
- Biological sciences » BiologyMedical sciences » Cancer research
- Researcher Profile
- First Stage Researcher (R1)
- Country
- Belgium
- Application Deadline
- Type of Contract
- Permanent
- Job Status
- Full-time
- Hours Per Week
- 40
- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
- Not funded by an EU programme
- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
- No
Offer Description
Position is available for a highly motivated PhD student who wish to join the Laboratory of Cancer Epigenetics headed by Prof. François Fuks (ULB-Free University of Brussels, Belgium).
The research goal will be the analysis of transcriptomic and epigenomic changes (e.g. DNA methylation, histone and RNA modifications) that arise in cancers. Particularly the analysis of next generation sequencing data concerning novel epigenetic modifications, which our lab is investigating, will also be one of the main challenging tasks of the candidate (e.g. Delatte et al., Science 2016, Jeschke et al. Nat Cancer 2021). He/she will also participate in several side projects with high impact factor publication potential.The host lab is running a Next Generation Sequencing platform and is part of the ULB-Cancer Research Center (U-CRC), providing a high-profile scientific environment. The candidate will join other experienced bioinformaticians working on transcriptomics and epigenomics. Starting date is flexible.
Selected publications
- Dube et al., J Exp Clin Cancer Res 2023
- Bizet et al.,Epigenetics, 2022
- Primac et al.,Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2022
- Penning et al.Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2022
- Jeschke et al.Nat Cancer. 2021
- De Dieuleveult et al.,Epigenetics. 2021
- Lan et al.,Nat Comm. 2020
- Bonvin et al.,Cancer Res. 2019
- Collignon et al., Science Adv. 2018
- Jeschke et al., J Clin Invest. 2017
- Van Grembergen et al., Science Adv. 2016
- Delatte et al., Science2016
- Dedeurwaerder et al., Brief Bioinform 2014
Requirements
- Research Field
- Other
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
The candidate should hold a master in bioinformatics, bio-engineering, biomedical sciences or eventually in engineering or computer sciences and demonstrate proficiency in statistics and programming (e.g. R, python). Experience with sequence data, genome-wide data sets (e.g. ChIP-Seq, RNA-Seq ...) or massive datasets analysis will be assets. The applicant should have good organizational skills, a taste for interdisciplinary research, excellent scientific writing and presenting skills and be able to work independently. The interaction with the biologists in the lab will be key for the success of this project and genuine interest for biology and clinical researches is required. A good biological background will be valuable.
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Level
- Good
- Research Field
- Other
Additional Information
Screening of applications begins immediately and continues until outstanding candidates are selected. (Online interviews are possible for candidates outside Belgium).
Informal inquiries, a CV (including grades and ranking for PhD candidates), a motivation letter and names of at least two referees, should be sent to: rdeplus@ulb.be
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- ULB
- Country
- Belgium
- State/Province
- Bruxelles
- City
- Anderlecht
- Postal Code
- 1070
- Street
- Lennik street, 808
Where to apply
- rdeplus@ulb.be
Contact
- State/Province
- Bruxelles
- City
- Anderlecht
- Website
- Street
- Lennik street, 808
- Postal Code
- 1070
- rdeplus@ulb.be