International Fellowships Program Postdoctoral Researcher, Biomedical Diagnostics Institute

Postdoctoral Researcher, Biomedical Diagnostics Institute in International Fellowships Program Ireland

The role of candidate will be Lead and execute data mining of analytical data that aids biomedical diagnostic development
Study Subject: Biomedical
Employer: Dublin City University
International Fellowships Program Level: Postdoctoral

Fellowship Description: Based at Dublin City University (DCU), the Biomedical Diagnostics Institute (http://www.bdi.ie/) was established in 2005 through a Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Science, Engineering & Technology (CSET) award, in addition to significant industry funding. The BDI carries out cutting-edge research focused on the development of next-generation biomedical diagnostic devices measuring indicators of disease. Our world-class research team currently includes seven industry partners (Analog Devices, J&J Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Becton Dickinson, ALERE, Biosurfit and Millipore), and five clinical and academic partners including the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI) in Dublin, the National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science (NCBES) at NUI Galway, Tyndall National Institute (TNI) in University College Cork, Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and the host institution at Dublin City University (DCU). Having recently secured an additional €19.1M from Science Foundation Ireland, and associated funding from our industry partners, we are now seeking applications from suitably qualified research staff to participate in our suite of exciting new research programmes commencing October 2010.

Role
We seek a Postdoctoral Researcher to assist in the area of Chemometrics. The applicant is expected to work in the BDI and the RCSI across cancer and cardiovascular disease research programmes. Duties will include:
• Lead and execute data mining of analytical data that aids biomedical diagnostic development
• Analyse multidimensional data and high-order responses to identify/verify patterns showing differences between normal and diseased patient cohorts, interpret data
• Define and establish relationships between response data and diagnostic outputs, present reports and findings
• Develop and validate data processing and decision algorithms
• Identify opportunities and contribute to the development of innovative approaches to diagnostics

Fellowships Application Deadline: 1 November 2010

Further International Fellowships Program Information and Application

http://www.dcu.ie/vacancies/external/ChemometricsResearcherAdvert151010.pdf