About the position 

One researcher position for a period of 3 years is available at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (OCBE), Department of Biostatistics, University of Oslo. The Institute of Basic Medical Sciences consists of departments and units that pursue research and education within basic medical science. The institute has approximately 380 employees and is located in the Domus Medica.

This is an opportunity to join a frontier research group in pathogen genomics and evolutionary modelling, led by prof. Jukka Corander. The researcher position is funded by the JPIAMR project "Fungal Genomics and Antagonistic Community Interactions" for which prof. Jukka Corander is one of the principal investigators.

Job description

The announced position is targeted towards population genomics and epidemiological modeling of the interface between human gut bacteria and pathogenic fungi. The work will be done in close collaboration with several microbiology labs who are members of the project consortium. 

For more information, please refer to the regulations concerning terms and conditions of employment as researcher: link.

Qualifications and Personal Skills: 

Candidates must have a PhD in microbiology or related field equivalent to a Norwegian doctoral degree. Successful candidates must have defended their doctoral thesis prior to starting in this job. 

They should also have: 

• Strong skills in bioinformatics for population genomics and prior research experience of workflows in analysis of large-scale (>1,000) bacterial genome data sets, 
•  Documented experience about working with lab protocols, including RNAseq and large-scale DNA extraction for both short- and long-read whole-genome sequencing, 
•  Strong networking and collaborative skills as the employed researcher will need to closely coordinate the Norwegian research effort with Australian, Dutch, Irish, Italian and UK based labs that are part of the funded research consortium.

 Why should you choose us?

• Exciting and meaningful tasks in an organization with an important societal mission, contributing to knowledge development, education, and enlightenment that promote sustainable, fair, and knowledge-based societal development.
• Committed colleagues in a good working environment. 
• Good welfare schemes.
• Opportunity of up to 1.5 hours a week of exercise during working hours.
• A workplace with good development and career opportunities. 
• Membership in the Statens Pensjonskasse, which is one of Norway's best pension schemes with beneficial mortgages and good insurance schemes.
• Salary in position as Researcher, position code 1109 in salary range NOK from 65 – 70 (NOK 653 400– 692 400), depending on competence and experience. From the salary, 2 percent is deducted in statutory contributions to the State Pension Fund.

Read more about the benefits of working in the public sector at Employer Portal.

Inclusive work-life and diversity at UiO

Inclusion and diversity are a strength. The University of Oslo has a personnel policy objective of achieving a balanced gender composition. Furthermore, we want employees with diverse professional expertise, life experience and perspectives.

If there are qualified applicants with disabilities, employment gaps or immigrant background, we will invite at least one applicant from each of these categories to an interview.

We hope that you will apply for the position. 

Application

Your application should include:

• Application letter.
• CV.
• A complete list of publications.
• Copies of educational certificates and transcripts of records
• Contact information for 2-3 references.
• Insert the remaining application requirements.

Application with attachments must be submitted via our recruitment system Jobbnorge, click "Apply for the position".

When applying for the position, we ask you to retrieve your education results from Vitnemålsportalen.no. If your education results are not available through Vitnemålsportalen, we ask you to upload copies of your transcripts or grades. Please note that all documentation must be in English or a Scandinavian language.

General information

The best qualified candidates will invited for interviews.

Applicant lists can be published in accordance with Norwegian Freedom of Information Act § 25. When you apply for a position with us, your name will appear on the public applicant list. It is possible to request to be excluded from this list. You must justify why you want an exemption from publication and we will then decide whether we can grant your request. If we can't, you will hear from us.

Please refer to Regulations for the Act on universities and colleges chapter 3 (Norwegian) and Rules for the use of research posts SKO 1108, 1109, 1110 and 1183 at UiO.

The University of Oslo has a transfer agreement with all employees that is intended to secure the rights to all research results etc.

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