挪威科技大學2024年招聘博士后（生物統計學）

挪威科技大學（挪威文：Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet，NTNU），是挪威全國最頂尖的工程與技術中心，坐落于南特倫德拉格郡特隆赫姆，為北歐五校聯盟成員。挪威科技大學最早歷史可以追溯到1760年成立的特隆赫姆學會，該學會于1767年受到挪威皇室的認可，進而改名為挪威皇家理工學院（NTH），1996年，挪威理工學院與特隆赫姆藝術科學學院、自然歷史和考古博物館合并，組成挪威科技大學。依據挪威教育與研究部施行的公立大學合并計劃，2016年挪威科技大學與約維克大學學院（Høgskolen i Gjøvik）及奧勒松大學學院（Høgskolen i Ålesund）合并成為新的挪威科技大學。

Postdoctoral Fellow in Biostatistics in the EU-funded ExMilk project

NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - NTNU

Location

Trondheim, Norway

Salary

NOK 594 500 per annum

Closing date

1 Dec 2024

About the position

The postdoctoral fellowship position is a temporary position where the main goal is to qualify for work in senior academic positions.

The postdoctoral fellowship position is a temporary position where the main goal is to qualify for work in senior academic positions. We have a 3-year position in the ExMilk project (Exercised Breastmilk: A kick-start for childhood obesity prevention?), an ERC Starting Grant project. The overall aim of the project is to determine how exercise can modify breastmilk composition.

The postdoctoral fellow will focus on data analyses of data from multi-omics technologies to discover the acute and long-term effects of exercise on breastmilk composition.

The position is available at the Exercise, Cardiometabolic Health and Reproduction (EXCAR) research group.

Your immediate leader is Senior Researcher Trine Moholdt.

Duties of the position

The main responsibility will be data analyses of global metabolomics and lipidomics data from breastmilk samples, and integrations of data from multi-omics platforms (including metabolomics, lipidomics, and microbiome data).

The position will also involve the following tasks:

Develop strategies for analysing and integrating data from multi-omics platforms based on state-of-the-art analytical methodologies.

Relate multi-omics signatures with clinically relevant parameters.

Ensure that omics data are available and reusable.

Interpret, present, and publish results.

Required selection criteria

You must have completed a Norwegian doctoral degree or corresponding foreign doctoral degree recognized as equivalent to a Norwegian PhD in biostatistics, systems biology, bioinformatics, or a comparable topic.

If you can document that the PhD thesis has been submitted or will be submitted soon, your application can be assessed even if you have not yet defended your dissertation. Documentation of the obtained doctoral degree must be presented before you can take up the position.

Documented experience with data analysis in R, Python, or similar

Excellent written and oral English skills

The appointment is to be made in accordance with Regulations on terms of employment for positions such as postdoctoral fellow, Ph.D Candidate, research assistant and specialist candidate.

Preferred selection criteria

Experience in metabolomics analyses

Experience in biological interpretation of metabolomics results, microRNA analyses, microbiome data, or cytokine profiling data

Experience in next-generation sequencing analyses

Training in molecular biology

Experience in multi-omics data integration

Training and experience in the development of statistical scripts

Personal characteristics

Ability to work independently and with scientific, experimental, or technological creativity.

Motivated and excellent team player with a positive attitude and high ambitions on behalf of yourself and the group.

Curious, with ambitions of acquiring new knowledge and skills.

Ability to adjust approaches to overcome setbacks or solve challenges.

Emphasis will be placed on personal and interpersonal qualities.

We offer

Exciting and stimulating tasks in a strong international academic environment

An open and inclusive work environment with dedicated colleagues

Favourable terms in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund

Employee benefits

Salary and conditions

As a Postdoctoral Fellow (code 1352) you are normally paid from gross NOK 594 500 per annum before tax, depending on qualifications and seniority. From the salary, 2% is deducted as a contribution to the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund

The period of employment is 3 years. We hope to fill the position as soon as possible.

The engagement is to be made in accordance with the regulations in force concerning State Employees and Civil Servants, and the acts relating to Control of the Export of Strategic Goods, Services and Technology. Candidates who by assessment of the application and attachment are seen to conflict with the criteria in the latter law will be prohibited from recruitment to NTNU.

After the appointment you must assume that there may be changes in the area of work.

The position is funded by an ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council.

It is a prerequisite you can be present at and accessible to the institution on a daily basis.

About the application

The application and supporting documentation to be used as the basis for the assessment must be in English.

Publications and other scientific work must be attached to the application. Please note that applications are only evaluated based on the information available on the application deadline. You should ensure that your application shows clearly how your skills and experience meet the criteria which are set out above. 

If, for any reason, you have taken a career break or have had an atypical career and wish to disclose this in your application, the selection committee will take this into account, recognizing that the quantity of your research may be reduced as a result.

The application must include:

CV and certificates

transcripts and diplomas for bachelor's-, master's- and PhD degrees. If you have not yet completed your Ph.D, you must provide confirmation on your estimated date for the doctoral dissertation, or that your PhD thesis has been submitted

A copy of the doctoral thesis. If you are close to submitting, or have recently submitted your thesis, you can attach a draft of the thesis. Documentation of a completed doctoral degree must be presented before taking up the position.

Academic works - published or unpublished - that you would like to be considered in the assessment (up to 10 items)

Name and contact information of three referees

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