Department Michal Masařík Research Group: Cancer Research Lab – Faculty of Medicine
Deadline 28 Feb 2022
Start date Jully 2022
Job type full-time
Job field Science and research

Medical Faculty of Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic invites excellent scientists to apply for

Postdoc position in Bioinformatics and Image Analysis in Cancer Research

Description:
The Department of Pathophysiology is an educational and research workplace of the Medical Faculty at Masaryk University, Brno, The Czech Republic. It provides teaching of students in theoretical and preclinical fields. Research groups are formed within the department, where each group addresses a specific research topic.

A two-year postdoctoral position is available in Michal Masarik research group. We investigate the principles of cancer aggressiveness by means of studying metabolism dysregulation, cancer cell biomechanics, cell death and tumor cell-CAF symbiosis. We are interested in: 1) deep-learning applications in microscopy image analysis, 2) advanced statistics for proteomics/transcriptomics. We use advanced microscopy techniques like AFM, quantitative phase imaging, superresolution microscopy as well as transciptomics and proteomics to describe biologically relevant mechanisms of cancer dissemination. Refer for publications: https://www.med.muni.cz/en/about-faculty/employees/21142-michal-masarik/publications

The successful candidate should:

• be a researcher who has received a PhD or its equivalent within the last 7 years;
• be a researcher who has worked at least 2 whole years in the last 3 years outside the territory of the Czech Republic in the field of research with a working time of at least 0.5 full-time equivalent, or who has been PhD student (or equivalent) abroad;
• have a publishing record – in the last 3 years at least 3 publication outputs (“articles”) above the field median (at least 2 of them in Q1) registered in the Thomson Reuters Web of Science.

Specific criteria for this position:

• have a PhD in bioinformatics, statistics, image processing, computational biology, computer science or a similar field;
• have experience in at least one programming language: Python / Matlab / R / C#;
• have experience in the biological image analysis or experience in advanced statistics and
• statistical analysis of proteomic or transcriptomic data;
• have experience with research projects (an advantage);
• have excellent communication skills and teamwork.

The candidate shall submit:

• a CV including a list of publication activity;
• a motivation letter, including a short description of research focus and topic which the candidate will work on, justification of the need considering the field;
• contact information of at least two references (name, position, telephone number);
• a diploma (recognition for diplomas from foreign institutions);
• documents proving the candidate has worked at least 2 whole years in the last 3 years outside the Czech Republic and/or PhD diploma from a foreign institution.

MU offers the opportunity to get:

• an interesting job in a dynamically-expanding university area;
• diverse and challenging work in an excellent research environment;
• initial appointment for 2 years;
• a professional team and pleasant working conditions;
• interaction with leading scientists in an inspiring, internationalised environment;
• full support of the administrative and project offices;
• support of the Welcome office for the successful applicant and his/her family.

Anticipated start date: The position is available from July 2022

The submission deadline is 28. February 2022 

How to apply:

Please use the "E-Application" link below. After submitting your application, you will receive an automatic confirmation of acceptance via email. For more information, please contact Martina Vráblíková at vrablikova@med.muni.cz.
A review of applications will commence immediately after the deadline. Short-listed candidates will be invited for interview within one month of the deadline.

Further information about:

• Medical Faculty is available at https://www.med.muni.cz/en
• Masaryk University is available at https://www.muni.cz/en
• Brno is available at https://www.gotobrno.cz/en/