Research assistant

Published: 2024-05-22

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The Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences is an interdisciplinary environment where 10 research areas work to contribute to better medicines and a healthier world. With laboratories in the heart of Uppsala Biomedical Center and Sweden's only Faculty of Pharmacy, we are a vital engine in the development of education and research in the pharmaceutical sciences. More information about the department and its activities is available at uu.se/farmbio

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Duties
Assistant in research in the subject of Bioinformatics. Method development for creating AI solutions for analyzing single cell morphology.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant subject.
• Completed project in single cell analysis of cell painting data.
• Experience with multivariate methods, supervised and unsupervised machine learning including deep neural networks and self-supervised transformers, applied to data from single cell morphology.
• Good programming skills in Python and version control with git.
• Experience with virtualized computing resources, Kubernetes clusters, GPU, and high-performance computing centers.
• Excellent communication skills in written and spoken English, as well as good documentation skills.

Desired/Meritorious
Image analysis with the software Cell Profiler and Deep Profiler. 

About the position
The position is limited to 5 months. It is a full-time position. Start date: August 1, 2024. Location: Uppsala.

Information about the position is provided by: Professor Ola Spjuth, email [email protected].

Welcome with your application no later than June 10, 2024, UFV-PA 2024/1724.

Uppsala University is a broad research university with a strong international position. The ultimate goal is to conduct education and research of the highest quality and relevance to make a difference in society. Our most important asset is all of our 7,600 employees and 53,000 students who, with curiosity and commitment, make Uppsala University one of Sweden’s most exciting workplaces.

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Placement: Farmaceutisk bioinformatik

Type of employment: Full time , Temporary position

Pay: Individual salary

Number of positions: 1

Working hours: 100

Town: Uppsala

County: Uppsala län

Country: Sweden

Union representative: Seko Universitetsklubben [email protected]
ST/TCO [email protected]
Saco-S-föreningen [email protected]

Number of reference: UFV-PA 2024/1724

Last application date: 2024-06-10

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