Position 28/03/2011-10/04/2011
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Zora Biosciences Oy is a start-up company specialized in mass spectrometry driven
lipidomics. The company provides services to pharmaceutical industry, which benefit their
drug discovery, preclinical and clinical programs. Zora research is focusing on the
production of novel biomarkers and targets. Zora is based in Espoo. To strengthen our
team we are now looking for a

Bioinformatician /Statistician

The job consists of bioinformatics and statistical work for both customers, as well as,
Zora research projects. Additionally, support for development of company’s bioinformatic
infrastructure, application of existing data processing methods and development of
algorithms for data integration will be your tasks. You must be dynamic, independent, and
responsible team worker to succeed in this position. Fluency in written and oral English
is a must.

Qualifications:

- PhD degree in computational biology or life sciences degrees with good IT background or
equivalent.
- Alternatively: Degree in statistics with knowledge or interest in biology.
- Good programming skills: SAS, R or similar.
- Experience with one or more of the following is an advantage: MS data processing,
development of algorithms for QC and raw data processing, clinical databases, statistical
modeling techniques.
- Metabolomics and pathway analysis
- Analysis of omics data and/or clinical data

Zora offers the possibility to grow with the company, fostering your personal development
and also offering attractive incentives commensurate with your input.

Please send your CV and a cover letter (max 2 pgs) describing your career perspectives,
strengths and experience, in particular, focusing on the items listed above at latest by
April 29th, 2011.

For further information please contact Reini Hurme, CEO at reini.hurme (at) zora .fi,
(tel: +358-40-5760766)

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Research Associate/Post-doctoral Fellow position at the Department of Biomedical Technology, University of Oulu. TThe experience in biomedical imaging, microscopical techniques and/or biomechanical tissue characterization is an advantage. Deadline for application is April 15th, 2011.

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Zora Biosciences Oy is a company specialized in mass spectrometry driven Lipidomics. Zora is based in Espoo, Finland. Zora is now providing an opportunity for a biochemist, mass spectrometry. Please submit the application by April 15, 2011.

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The Department of Microbiology at Montana State University Bozeman seeks an early or mid-career scientist using biochemical, cellular, immunological, and/or molecular biology approaches to investigate human infectious disease. Screening will begin March 21, 2011, and will continue until a suitable applicant is hired.

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The Verschuren Lab at the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, FIMM is seeking an ambitious postdoctoral research fellow to join new EU project ‘PREDECT’. PREDECT is a partnership between 9 academic, 3 SME and 7 EU pharmaceutical partners, aiming to develop novel, advanced, complex, in vitro and in vivo models for breast, prostate and lung cancers. Please send your application no later than May 15 2011.

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1 Postdoc or PhD position in time resolved fluorescence imaging of molecular players in cancer for 1-3 years in the Mechanism and Biosensors of small GTPases Group of Daniel Abankwa at the Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland. The position commences from June 2011. Applications are open now until the positions are filled. (29.3.2011)

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Graduate student and postdoctoral fellow position in regenerative medicine research group
at the Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, University of Tampere. Applications must be received by April 29, 2011.

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We seek highly motivated PhD students to study cell physiology of cardiac failure. Successful candidates should hold MSc-degree and have a background in animal physiology, experimental animal research or equivalent and have proven skills in laboratory animal research. The work will be carried out at the A.I. Virtanen Institute, University of Eastern Finland. For further information about the position, please contact Research director Pasi Tavi (pasi.tavi-at-uef.fi, 040-3553272). Deadline for application is April 15th, 2011.