PhD Student (gn*) Computational Biology
Fixed-term of 3 years | Part-time with 65% (25 hours/week) | Salary according to TV-L, salary group 13 | Lab for Functional Genomics in Psychiatry at the Department of Mental Health, University Muenster | Job ID: 11308
We have a clear social mission and, with our focus on healthcare, research, and teaching, we bear a unique responsibility.
To meet our high standards every day, we are looking forward to your scientific support at the Institute for Experimental Pathology - ideally with you on board!
In order to address this problem, we employ a highly interdisciplinary, integrative biology approach that utilizes human pluripotent stem cell-based model systems, high throughput functional genomic screening and big data-based machine learning, bridging the scales from genetics to patient level traits. The Ziller lab is part of the Department for Mental Health of the Medical Faculty, University of Muenster.
The overall goal of the Department is to dissect the molecular mechanisms underlying psychiatric diseases and treatment resistance, rapidly utilizing these insights to develop new patient tailored therapeutic approaches in a knowledge driven fashion.
We are looking for motivated individuals skilled in computer science/computational biology/bioinformatics with the desire to make a difference for people suffering from mental health problems. A master’s degree in (Bio-)Informatics/Data Science or related disciplines is desirable. More specifically, the computational team will build on our previous work (PMID:to establish and train deep neuronal network models on large existing datasets with multi-omic data. Subsequently, these models will be applied to clinical cohorts of individuals suffering from mental illness to perform patient stratification, discovery of new biological mechanisms and stratified drug target identification, empowering personalized medicine in psychiatry. Experience in quantitative genetics and/or deep neural networks, R/Python/PyTorch/Tensorflow etc. Brief summary of your previous projects, including applied techniques
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(*The University Hospital of Münster is one of the leading hospitals in Germany. Such a position cannot be achieved by size and medical successes alone. Universitätsklinikum Münster
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