Postdoc position in predictive toxicology at Uppsala University

Postdoc position in cheminformatics, bioinformatics, or computer science - applications in predictive toxicology

We have an open postdoc position in the group of Pharmaceutical Bioinformatics at the Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Sweden.

The successful applicant will conduct research on data interoperability for predictive toxicology, and especially design and implement an infrastructure consisting of a database and user interfaces for data and predictive models in toxicology. Of particular interest will be to merge chemical and biological data within a semantic framework, and link toxicity data to genomics and metabolomics data (toxicogenomics) with a connection to the Bioclipse framework (www.bioclipse.net). PhD degree or equivalent scholarly competence in a relevant branch of chem/bioinformatics or computer science and a strong interest in informatics and data integration is required. Required competences include web programming, databases, and working knowledge in Java. Experience with linked data is desirable.

Deadline for application: May 9th , 2012.

Link to job ad and application form: http://www.uu.se/jobb/others/annonsvisning?tarContentId=186211&languageId=1