Biomolecular Medicine Doctoral Fellowship at Ghent University 2020

Eligibility for Biomolecular Medicine Doctoral Fellowship at Ghent University 2020:

• You have (or will obtain soon) a Master in Science (Bioinformatics, Bioengineering, Biochemistry-Biotechnology, Biomedical Sciences, Medicine, Computer Sciences) with a specialization track in bioinformatics or equivalent through experience.
• You have experience with bioinformatics programming, and scripting (e.g. R and/or Python). Experience with the analysis of sequencing data, such as (human) whole exome/genome sequencing and (single cell) RNA-sequencing, including variant calling, copy number and structural variation analysis, expression level analysis, etc is highly recommended. More specifically, knowledge about network inference is a plus.
• You have a basic insight of (cancer) biology and genomics.
• You should have good communication skills, you are a team player and have strong strategic analytical problem-solving skills (creative, critical, and open-minded). You have excellent oral and written communication skills in English (English language proficiency).

Value of Biomolecular Medicine Doctoral Fellowship at Ghent University 2020:

• A PhD position for at least one year (including a 6-month evaluation period) after which you will apply for a personal PhD grant with FWO, BOF, etc.,
• Participation in an exciting and rapidly evolving research area of clinically translational genomics,
• Being part of a research team operating at international level and dedicated to improving survival of patients with cancer,
• State-of-the-art technology and facilities (sequencing, single cell sequencing and manipulation, bioinformatics, molecular biology, etc),
• The opportunity to work in a dynamic and interdisciplinary academic research environment,
• Embedding within top-research teams with a broad range of expertise,
• Collaboration with and assistance of wet-lab scientists in the design, analysis and interpretation of cancer genomics data.