{"data":{"id":183409,"slug":"postdoktor-i-bioinformatik-och-cancergenetik","type":"job","title":"Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioinformatics and Cancer Genetics","description":"G\u00f6teborgs University meets societal challenges with diverse expertise. With 58,000 students and 6,800 staff members, the university is a large and inspiring workplace. Strong research and attractive educational programs attract researchers and students from around the world. With new knowledge and new perspectives, G\u00f6teborgs University contributes to a better future.\n \nSubject Area\nBioinformatics and Cancer Genetics\n \nSubject Description\nSomatic mutation accumulation and clonal evolution are central processes in cancer development. Through large-scale whole genome sequencing and large-scale methods, these processes can be mapped in detail, providing insights into tumor initiation, progression, and treatment response.\nThis position focuses on the development and application of bioinformatic methods for analyzing genomic cancer data, including large public international datasets and locally generated patient-derived sequencing data. The project encompasses studies of somatic mutation processes, clonal dynamics, tumor developmental history, or integrative analyses of genomic and clinical data. Analyses of non-cancer-related sequencing data may also be relevant.\nThe work takes place in a research environment with strong expertise in cancer genomics, computational biology, and translational research.\nRecent publications from the group include:\n \n\u00d6gren et al., Light-based footprinting of a eukaryotic genome. Science Advances 2026; Elliott et al., Mechanistic basis of atypical TERT promoter mutations. Nature Communications. 2024; Elliott et al. Base-resolution UV footprinting by sequencing reveals distinctive damage signatures for DNA-binding proteins. Nature Communications. 2023; Bostr\u00f6m et al. Somatic mutation distribution across tumour cohorts provides a signal for positive selection in cancer. Nature Communications. 2022; Elias et al. Independent somatic evolution underlies clustered neuroendocrine tumors in the human small intestine. Nature Communications. 2021; Van den Eynden et al. Lack of detectable neoantigen depletion signals in the untreated cancer genome. Nature Genetics. 2019.\n \n \nJob Responsibilities\nThe postdoctoral researcher will apply and develop bioinformatic methods for analyzing whole genome sequencing and other NGS-based data from patients, such as mutation calling and detection of mosaic mutations. The work may also include statistical analyses and visualization to identify and interpret somatic mutation patterns and other genomic alterations, as well as integration of genomic data with clinical and phenotypic variables when relevant. The researcher is expected to contribute to manuscript writing and publication in international scientific journals, and may present research findings at national and international conferences.\n \nQualifications\nEligibility for employment as faculty is regulated in Chapter 4 of the Higher Education Ordinance and G\u00f6teborgs University's employment regulations.\nEligible for postdoctoral appointment is someone who has completed a doctoral degree, artistic doctoral degree, or holds a foreign degree deemed equivalent to a doctoral degree.\nPreference will be given to those who completed their degree within three years prior to the application deadline. Those who completed their degree earlier may also be considered first if there are special reasons. Special reasons include leave due to illness, parental leave, positions of trust within trade union organizations, service in total defense, or other similar circumstances, as well as clinical practice or service\/assignments relevant to the subject area.\n \nEvaluation Criteria\nStrong programming skills and experience with Linux\/Unix are required. Knowledge of R or Matlab is also highly desirable. Prior experience with large-scale sequencing data analysis is recommended, particularly knowledge of somatic mutation mapping. Experience in relevant biological areas is desirable, and the applicant is expected to have published several peer-reviewed scientific articles. Excellent communication skills are required, including fluent English in speech and writing.\nEvaluation criteria for employment as faculty are specified in Chapter 4, Sections 3\u20134 of the Higher Education Ordinance and G\u00f6teborgs University's own employment regulations.\n \nEmployment\nThe position is full-time and time-limited, two years with the possibility of one-year extension, temporarily located at the Department of Biomedicine. Start date by agreement.\n \nRecruitment Process\nhttps:\/\/www.gu.se\/jobba-hos-goteborgs-universitet\/sa-blir-du-en-av-oss#S%C3%A5-h%C3%A4r-g%C3%A5r-rekryteringsprocessen-till%20%]%C2%A0\n \nContact Information\nInformation about the position is provided by: Erik Larsson Lekholm, Professor, phone: +46 31 786 6942, e-mail: erik.lekholm@gu.se.\n \nTrade Union Representatives\nTrade union representatives at G\u00f6teborgs University can be found here: https:\/\/www.gu.se\/jobba-hos-goteborgs-universitet\/sa-blir-du-en-av-oss#kollektivavtal-och-fackliga-foretradare\n \nApplication Procedure\nYou apply for the position through G\u00f6teborgs University's recruitment portal by clicking the \"Apply\" button. As an applicant, you are responsible for ensuring your application is complete according to the job posting and is submitted to the university no later than the final application deadline.\nThe application should include:\nA personal letter stating why you are applying for the position\nCV including scientific publications\nTwo references with contact information\nCopy of proof of doctoral degree\n\n \nApplication deadline: 2026-10-10\n \nThe university actively works for a workplace with equal conditions and values the qualities that diversity brings to the organization. The university applies individual salary setting. According to the National Archives regulations, the university is required to retain application documents for two years following the appointment decision. If you as an applicant specifically request the return of your documents, they will be returned after two years have passed; otherwise they will be discarded. To staffing and recruitment companies and to those selling job advertisements: G\u00f6teborgs University uses contracted advertising services in connection with personnel recruitment. We kindly and firmly decline direct contact from staffing and recruitment companies as well as sellers of job advertisements.","language":"sv","is_translated":true,"title_original":"Postdoktor i bioinformatik och cancergenetik","description_original":"G\u00f6teborgs universitet m\u00f6ter samh\u00e4llets utmaningar med m\u00e5ngsidig kunskap. 58 000 studenter och 6800 medarbetare g\u00f6r universitetet till en stor och inspirerande arbetsplats. Stark forskning och attraktiva utbildningar lockar forskare och studenter fr\u00e5n hela v\u00e4rlden. Med ny kunskap och nya perspektiv bidrar G\u00f6teborgs universitet till en b\u00e4ttre framtid.\n\u00a0\n\u00c4mne\nBioinformatik och cancergenetik\n\u00a0\n\u00c4mnesbeskrivning\nSomatisk mutationsackumulering och klonal evolution \u00e4r centrala processer i cancerutveckling. Genom storskalig helgenomsekvensering och storskaliga metoder kan dessa processer kartl\u00e4ggas i detalj, vilket ger insikter i tum\u00f6rinitiering, progression och behandlingsrespons.\nDenna tj\u00e4nst fokuserar p\u00e5 utveckling och till\u00e4mpning av bioinformatiska metoder f\u00f6r analys av genomiska cancerdata, inklusive stora publika internationella dataset och lokalt genererade patientn\u00e4ra sekvenseringsdata. Projektet omfattar studier av somatiska mutationsprocesser, klonal dynamik, tum\u00f6rers utvecklingshistoria eller integrativa analyser av genomiska och kliniska data. Analyser av icke-cancerrelaterade sekvenseringsdata kan ocks\u00e5 komma i fr\u00e5ga.\nArbetet sker i en forskningsmilj\u00f6 med stark kompetens inom cancergenomik, ber\u00e4kningsbiologi och translationell forskning.\nArbeten publicerade av gruppen under senare tid inkluderar:\n\u00a0\n\u00d6gren et al., Light-based footprinting of a eukaryotic genome. Science Advances 2026; Elliott et al., Mechanistic basis of atypical TERT promoter mutations. Nature Communications.\u00a02024; Elliott et al. Base-resolution UV footprinting by sequencing reveals distinctive damage signatures for DNA-binding proteins.\u00a0Nature Communications.\u00a02023; Bostr\u00f6m et al. Somatic mutation distribution across tumour cohorts provides a signal for positive selection in cancer.\u00a0Nature Communications. 2022; Elias et al. Independent somatic evolution underlies clustered neuroendocrine tumors in the human small intestine.\u00a0Nature Communications. 2021; Van den Eynden et al. Lack of detectable neoantigen depletion signals in the untreated cancer genome.\u00a0Nature Genetics. 2019.\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\nArbetsuppgifter\nDen postdoktorala forskaren kommer att till\u00e4mpa och utveckla bioinformatiska metoder f\u00f6r analys av helgenomsekvensering och andra NGS-baserade data fr\u00e5n patienter, s\u00e5 som mutationscalling och detektion av mosaikmutationer. Arbetet kan ocks\u00e5 innefatta statistiska analyser och visualisering f\u00f6r att identifiera och tolka somatiska mutationsm\u00f6nster och andra genomiska f\u00f6r\u00e4ndringar, samt integration av genomiska data med kliniska och fenotypiska variabler n\u00e4r s\u00e5 \u00e4r relevant. Forskaren f\u00f6rv\u00e4ntas bidra till manuskriptf\u00f6rfattande och publicering i internationella vetenskapliga tidskrifter, och kan komma att presentera forskningsresultat vid nationella och internationella konferenser.\n\u00a0\nBeh\u00f6righet\nBeh\u00f6righet f\u00f6r anst\u00e4llning som l\u00e4rare regleras i H\u00f6gskolef\u00f6rordningen 4 Kap och G\u00f6teborgs universitets anst\u00e4llningsordning.\u00a0\nBeh\u00f6rig att anst\u00e4llas som postdoktor \u00e4r den som har avlagt doktorsexamen, konstn\u00e4rlig doktorsexamen eller som har en utl\u00e4ndsk examen som bed\u00f6ms motsvara doktorsexamen.\nI f\u00f6rsta hand b\u00f6r den komma i fr\u00e5ga som har avlagt examen h\u00f6gst tre \u00e5r f\u00f6re ans\u00f6kningstidens utg\u00e5ng. \u00c4ven den som avlagt examen tidigare b\u00f6r komma i fr\u00e5ga i f\u00f6rsta hand, om det finns s\u00e4rskilda sk\u00e4l. Med s\u00e4rskilda sk\u00e4l avses ledighet p\u00e5 grund av sjukdom, f\u00f6r\u00e4ldraledighet, f\u00f6rtroendeuppdrag inom fackliga organisationer, tj\u00e4nstg\u00f6ring inom totalf\u00f6rsvaret, eller andra liknande omst\u00e4ndigheter samt klinisk tj\u00e4nstg\u00f6ring eller f\u00f6r \u00e4mnesomr\u00e5det relevant tj\u00e4nstg\u00f6ring\/uppdrag.\u00a0\n\u00a0\nBed\u00f6mningsgrund\nGoda programmeringskunskaper och erfarenhet av linux\/unix \u00e4r ett krav. Kunskaper i R eller Matlab \u00e4r ocks\u00e5 mycket \u00f6nskv\u00e4rt. Tidigare erfarenhet av analys av storskalig sekvenseringsdata rekommenderas, s\u00e4rskilt kunskaper inom mappning av somatiska mutationer. Erfarenhet fr\u00e5n relevanta biologiska omr\u00e5den \u00e4r \u00f6nskv\u00e4rt, och den s\u00f6kande f\u00f6rv\u00e4ntas ha publicerat flera referentgranskade vetenskapliga artiklar. Utm\u00e4rkta kommunikativa f\u00e4rdigheter kr\u00e4vs, inklusive flytande engelska i tal och skrift.\nBed\u00f6mningsgrunder vid anst\u00e4llning som l\u00e4rare finns angivna i 4 kap 3 \u2013 4 \u00a7 h\u00f6gskolef\u00f6rordningen samt G\u00f6teborgs universitets egen anst\u00e4llningsordning.\n\u00a0\nAnst\u00e4llning\nAnst\u00e4llningen \u00e4r p\u00e5 heltid och tidsbegr\u00e4nsad, tv\u00e5 \u00e5r med m\u00f6jlighet till ett \u00e5rs f\u00f6rl\u00e4ngning, med placering tills vidare p\u00e5 institutionen f\u00f6r biomedicin. Tilltr\u00e4de sker enligt \u00f6verenskommelse.\n\u00a0\nTills\u00e4ttningsf\u00f6rfarande\nhttps:\/\/www.gu.se\/jobba-hos-goteborgs-universitet\/sa-blir-du-en-av-oss#S%C3%A5-h%C3%A4r-g%C3%A5r-rekryteringsprocessen-till%20%]%C2%A0\n\u00a0\nKontaktuppgifter f\u00f6r anst\u00e4llningen\nUpplysningar om anst\u00e4llningen l\u00e4mnas av: Erik Larsson Lekholm, Professor, phone: +46 31 786 6942, e-mail: erik.lekholm@gu.se.\n\u00a0\nFackliga organisationer\nFackliga f\u00f6retr\u00e4dare vid G\u00f6tebrgs universitet hittar du h\u00e4r:\u00a0https:\/\/www.gu.se\/jobba-hos-goteborgs-universitet\/sa-blir-du-en-av-oss#kollektivavtal-och-fackliga-foretradare\n\u00a0\nAns\u00f6kningsf\u00f6rfarande\nDu s\u00f6ker anst\u00e4llningen via G\u00f6teborgs universitets rekryteringsportal genom att klicka p\u00e5 knappen \"Ans\u00f6k\". Du som s\u00f6kande ansvarar f\u00f6r att ans\u00e4kan \u00e4r komplett i enlighet med annonsen och att den \u00e4r univversitetet tillhanda senast sista ans\u00f6kningsdag.\nAns\u00f6kan ska inneh\u00e5lla:\nEtt personligt brev med motivering till varf\u00f6r du s\u00f6ker tj\u00e4nsten\nCV som inkluderar vetenskapliga publikationer\nTv\u00e5 referenser med kontaktuppgifter\nKopia p\u00e5 bevis f\u00f6r doktorsexamen\n\n\u00a0\nAns\u00f6kan ska vara inkommen senast: 2026-10-10\n\u00a0\nUniversitetet arbetar aktivt f\u00f6r en arbetsmilj\u00f6 med j\u00e4mst\u00e4llda f\u00f6rh\u00e5llanden och s\u00e4tter v\u00e4rde p\u00e5 de kvalit\u00e9er m\u00e5ngfald tillf\u00f6r verksamheten. Universitetet till\u00e4mpar individuell l\u00f6nes\u00e4ttning. Enligt Riksarkivets f\u00f6reskrifter \u00e4r universitetet skyldigt att f\u00f6rvara ans\u00f6kningshandlingar i tv\u00e5 \u00e5r efter tills\u00e4ttningsbeslutet. Om du som s\u00f6kande till en anst\u00e4llning s\u00e4rskilt beg\u00e4r tillbaka dina handlingar \u00e5ters\u00e4nds de n\u00e4r de tv\u00e5 \u00e5ren har f\u00f6rflutit, i annat fall kommer de att gallras ut. Till bemannings- och rekryteringsf\u00f6retag och till dig som \u00e4r f\u00f6rs\u00e4ljare: G\u00f6teborgs universitet anlitar upphandlad annonsbyr\u00e5 i samband med rekrytering av personal. Vi undanber oss v\u00e4nligen men best\u00e4mt direktkontakt med bemannings- och rekryteringsf\u00f6retag samt f\u00f6rs\u00e4ljare av jobbannonser.","price":null,"currency":"SEK","status":"active","noindex":true,"location":{"address":null,"full_address":null,"city":"G\u00f6teborg","country":"SE","latitude":57.7119231,"longitude":11.9822532},"metadata":{"region":"V\u00e4stra G\u00f6talands l\u00e4n","duration":"6 m\u00e5nader eller l\u00e4ngre","employer":"G\u00f6teborgs Universitet","postcode":"40530","positions":1,"profession":"Postdoktor\/Postdoc","salary_type":"Fast m\u00e5nads- vecko- eller timl\u00f6n","employer_url":"https:\/\/www.gu.se\/","scope_of_work":"100\u2013100 %","working_hours":"Heltid","employment_type":"full_time","occupation_field":"Pedagogik","employer_workplace":"G\u00f6teborgs Universitet (GU)","translation_status":"done","experience_required":true,"employment_type_label":"Vanlig anst\u00e4llning"},"user_id":null,"is_sponsored":false,"views_count":0,"ai_views_count":1,"ai_vendor_counts":{"anthropic":1},"visibility":"public","submission_source":null,"submission_ai_name":null,"has_owner_email":true,"can_contact_owner":true,"phone":"+46 31 786 6942","owner_email":"erik.lekholm@gu.se","images":[],"published_at":"2026-09-02T09:37:32+00:00","expires_at":"2026-10-10T23:59:59+00:00","created_at":"2026-09-03T03:15:53+00:00","updated_at":"2026-09-03T04:01:22+00:00"}}