Eleven four-year doctoral student positions open in the Biocenter Oulu Doctoral Programme (BCO-DP), University of Oulu
The University of Oulu, located at the heart of the globally
recognized Oulu region R&D hub in Northern Finland, is an international scientific community, with 16 000 students and approximately 3 000 employees. The strenghts of the University are wide
multidisciplinary study/research interests and modern research and study environment and good cooperation with international educational and research institutes.
BCO-DP is an integral part of Biocenter Oulu (BCO), which is a research institute heading the University of Oulu´s (UO) strategic research focus
area of Biosciences and Health. BCO-DP operates in an international high-quality multidisciplinary research environment supplied with cutting-edge infrastructures, providing doctoral training in cell and molecular biology, molecular medicine, genetics, structural
biology, bioinformatics, biocomputing, biobusiness and interdisciplinary topics.
The following jobs are open:
Eleven (11) four-year doctoral training positions 2016-2019 in the Biocenter Oulu Doctoral Programme (BCO-DP) in
Biosciences, Biomedicine, Biotechnology and related fields.
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Position
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Research topic of the research group or title of the project |
Project Leader(s) |
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POSITION 1: |
Computational Medicine: Population-based stratification of individual cardiovascular risk - a multi-omics approach (epidemiology focus) |
Mika Ala-Korpela |
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POSITION 2: |
Computational Medicine: Population-based stratification of individual cardiovascular risk - a multi-omics approach (genetics focus) |
Johannes Kettunen |
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POSITIONS 3 and 4: |
Molecular mechanisms of actin-based motility |
Inari Kursula |
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POSITION 5: |
Hypoxia response pathway as a target for novel therapeutics |
Johanna Myllyharju and
Peppi Karppinen |
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POSITION 6: |
Molecular Determinants of Metabolic Syndrome (MetSyn) |
Markku Savolainen,
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin and
Karl-Heinz Herzig |
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POSITION 7: |
Dysfunction of cellular metabolic and signaling pathways behind severe neurological and multiorgan diseases in children |
Johanna Uusimaa and
Reetta Hinttala |
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POSITIONS 8 and 9: |
Regulatory Genomics and Functional Cancer Genetics |
Gonghong Wei |
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POSITION 10: |
Structural Enzymology: A Quantitative Approach |
Rik Wierenga |
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POSITION 11: |
Assessing the role of ubiquitin-specific protease-28 (USP28) for adipose tissue homeostasis |
Thomas Kietzmann and
Pamela Fischer-Posovszky |
For further information about the available positions and the application process, please see:
http://www.oulu.fi/uniogs/doctoralstudentpositionscall. The BCO-DP positions are
under sub-call 9, and all application documents are to be submitted electronically before the deadline on Wednesday 09.09.2015, at 24.00 (midnight, Finnish local time, UTC + 3hr).
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Ritva Saastamoinen, PhD, Docent
Biocenter Oulu Doctoral Programme Coordinator
Adjunct associate professor
Biocenter Oulu
PL 5000 (Aapistie 5a)
FIN-90014 University of Oulu, Finland
Tel: (+358) 0294 48 6102
ritva.saastamoinen(at)oulu.fi
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