A Ph. D. student position is available in our breast cancer genetics research group at the University of Oulu and Biocenter Oulu. The person we are looking for should hold a suitable M. Sc. or Med. Lic. degree and be well-organized and highly motivated to do research on cancer genetics. A successful candidate will participate in the identification of novel genes involved in hereditary predisposition to breast cancer by various approches (screening of candidate genes acting in suitable biological pathways, SNP association analysis, etc.), functional and clinical assessment of observed constitutional gene alterations, as well as characterization and comparison of somatic DNA aberration profiles between different breast carcinoma subgroups.

Our research team has recently identified multiple novel breast cancer susceptibility genes. Particularly the founder mutations observed in /PALB2/ and /RAD50 /seem important in the Finnish population.

Long-term funding for our reseach is currently available from multiple different sources (Academy of Finland, Sigrid Juselius Foundation, Finnish Cancer Foundation, etc.).

Please send applications (a freely formulated application letter, CV and the names of two reference persons) by March 31th by e-mail to:

Docent Robert Winqvist Laboratory of Cancer Genetics Department of Clinical Genetics University of Oulu and Biocenter Oulu E-mail: robert.winqvist@oulu.fi