PhD fellowship in Bioinformatics at the Department of Immunology and Microbiology

We are offering a PhD fellowship in Bioinformatics commencing 15 May 2025 or as soon as possible hereafter.

Our group and research
The successful candidate will join the newly established immunological bioinformatics research group at the LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center. We are a bioinformatics group working on the development and application of data analysis tools, with a specific (though not exclusive) focus on single cell data, such as single cell cytometry (flow, mass, and barcode-based cytometry), single cell sequencing (tag-based, full transcript-based), and single cell mass spectrometry. We collaborate with immunology researchers in the department and beyond, and clinicians on prognostics, diagnostics, and therapeutics for various diseases, including cancer and inflammatory bowel disease.

Project description
Are you interested in becoming a bioinformatics researcher working with state-of-the-art methods and data? Would you like to contribute to research that will deepen our understanding of the interplay between the viruses and the immune system? Then this is the PhD project for you. In this project, you will be working with single cell proteomics and transcriptomics data from clinical trials testing virus vaccine strategies, as well as pre-clinical data from model organisms. The overall aim is to stratify immune activation on mucosal surfaces and in the lungs following nasal spray vaccination as well as intra-muscular vaccination. In doing so, you will be applying existing analysis algorithms and inventing new ones when necessary.

Principal supervisor is Professor Lars Rønn Olsen, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, [email protected], Direct Phone : +4535334860.
Start: 15 May 2025
Duration: 3 years as a PhD student

Job description
Your key tasks as a PhD student at SUND are:
• Carrying through an independent research project under supervision.
• Completing PhD courses or other equivalent education corresponding to approximately 30 ECTS points.
• Participating in active research environments including a stay at another research team.
• Obtaining experience with teaching or other types of dissemination related to your PhD project
• Teaching and disseminating your knowledge.
• Writing a PhD thesis on the grounds of your project

Key criteria for the assessment of applicants
Applicants must have qualifications corresponding to a master’s degree related to the subject area of the project, e.g. bioinformatics. Please note that your master’s degree must be equivalent to a Danish master’s degree (two years).
Other important criteria are:
• The grade point average achieved
• Professional qualifications relevant to the PhD project
• Previous publications
• Relevant work experience
• Other professional activities
• A curious mind-set with a strong interest in single cell data analysis
• Language skills

Place of employment
The place of employment is at the Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. We offer creative and stimulating working conditions in dynamic and international research environment. Our research facilities include modern laboratories and computational infrastructure.

Terms of employment
The average weekly working hours are 37 hours per week.
The position is a fixed-term position limited to a period of 3 years. The start date is 15 May 2025.
The employment is conditioned upon the applicant’s successful enrolment as a PhD student at the Graduate School at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. This requires submission and acceptance of an application for the specific project formulated by the applicant.
The PhD study must be completed in accordance with The Ministerial Order on the PhD programme (2013) and the Faculty’s rules on achieving the degree.

Salary, pension and terms of employment are in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Taxation and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations on Academics in the State. Depending on seniority, the monthly salary starts at approximately 30,700 DKK/Roughly 4,100 EUR (April 2024 level) plus pension.

Questions
For specific information about the PhD fellowship, please contact the principal supervisor.
General information about PhD studies at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences is available at the Graduate School’s website: https://healthsciences.ku.dk/phd/guidelines/

Application procedure
Your application must be submitted electronically by clicking ‘Apply now’ below. The application must include the following documents in PDF format:
1. Motivated letter of application (max. one page)
2. CV incl. education, experience, language skills and other skills relevant for the position
3. Certified copy of original Master of Science diploma and transcript of records in the original language, including an authorized English translation if issued in other language than English or Danish. If not completed, a certified/signed copy of a recent transcript of records or a written statement from the institution or supervisor is accepted. As a prerequisite for a PhD fellowship employment, your master’s degree must be equivalent to a Danish master’s degree. We encourage you to read more in the assessment database: https://ufm.dk/en/education/recognition-and-transparency/find-assessments/assessment-database. Please note that we might ask you to obtain an assessment of your education performed by the Ministry of Higher Education and Science
4. Publication list (if possible)

Application deadline: 23 January 2025, 23.59pm CET
We reserve the right not to consider material received after the deadline, and not to consider applications that do not live up to the abovementioned requirements.

The further process
After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the hiring committee. All applicants are then immediately notified whether their application has been passed for assessment by an unbiased assessor.
The assessor makes a non-prioritized assessment of the academic qualifications and experience with respect to the above-mentioned area of research, techniques, skills and other requirements listed in the advertisement.

Once the assessment work has been completed each applicant has the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment that relates to the applicant him/herself.

You find information about the recruitment process at: https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/

The applicants will be assessed according to the Ministerial Order no. 242 of 13 March 2012 on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.

Interviews are expected to be held in week 27 January 2025.

The University of Copenhagen wish to reflect the diversity of society and encourage all qualified candidates to apply regardless of personal background.

Københavns Universitet giver sine knap 10.000 medarbejdere muligheder for at udnytte deres talent fuldt ud i et ambitiøst, uformelt miljø. Vi sikrer traditionsrige og moderne rammer om uddannelser og fri forskning på højt internationalt niveau. Vi søger svar og løsninger på fælles problemer og gør ny viden tilgængelig og nyttig for andre.

Kontakt
Lars Rønn Olsen
E-mail: [email protected]

Info
Ansøgningsfrist: 23-01-2025

Ansættelsesdato: 15-05-2025

Arbejdstid: Fuldtid

Afdeling/Sted: Department of Immunology and Microbiology