Looking for a PhD student in Bioinformatics and Medical Genomics

We are looking for a motivated PhD student with a background in genetics, medical genomics, molecular biology or related subjects, who is interested in completing their PhD program at the University of Tartu and in being part of the cGEM research group.

Duties and responsibilities: PhD student will be carrying out research activity in the field of bioinformatics and medical genomics including but not limited to curation and analysis of matching genetic, environmental and biomedical datasets, and writing publications.

Required qualifications: MSc in genetics, medical genomics, molecular biology or related subjects. Having some basic knowledge and experience of bioinformatic analysis and of current software use would be ideal.

Application documents and notification of results: In order to be considered for the PhD student position, the candidate must submit an application to the Institute of Genomics, Estonian Biocentre (postal address: Riia 23b, 51010 Tartu, Estonia) OR e-mail to: anders.eriksson@ut.ee and merilin.raud@ut.ee) the following documents:

1) a letter of application/motivation;

2) a curriculum vitae;

3) a copy of a document (including its annexes) which shows the candidate to hold the required qualification (authorized translation into Estonian or English if the credential is not in one of these languages), or examination transcripts if the qualification is yet to be obtained. A candidate can be required to submit the original or a certified copy of the document (including its annexes) showing the candidate to hold the required qualification;

4) other materials considered relevant by the candidate.

Deadline for applications is 10.02.2020.

For more information about the position see HERE!