[BBC] Vacancies at the Sequence Analysis Support Core at LUMC (Leiden, the Netherlands)

[Leon Mei]

Dear colleagues,

Here are a few vacancies at the new Sequence Analysis Support Core at
Leiden University Medical Center.

Department : Clinical Genetics
Vacancy number : E.12.MB.25
Appointment : 32-36 hours per week
Starting date : as soon as possible
Educational requirements : HBO
Maximum salary : according CLA for University Hospitals
Closing date for applications : September 3, 2012

== The position ==

As a member of the LUMC’s Sequence Analysis Support Core, you will
build software that helps medical laboratory specialists and
biomedical researchers to analyze different types of next generation
sequencing data, including DNA (re)sequencing, RNA sequencing, and
ChIP-seq. Your first task will be to develop sequence data analysis
pipelines for different genome diagnostic applications based on
existing experience from the LUMC research groups. In the future,
there is potential for you to grow towards a more service-oriented
role where you will work closely with our end-users to deliver
end-to-end software solution, including requirement studies,
architecture design, implementation and deployment.

You will be working closely with people with diverse backgrounds
(medicine, biology, chemistry, bioinformatics, statistics, and
computer science), who jointly focus on the study of
genotype-phenotype relationships in humans.

== The department ==

At the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), we are continually
seeking to improve the quality of healthcare. You will work within
LUMC’s Department of Clinical Genetics and be a member of the above
mentioned LUMC’s SASC facility. At the moment we are in the middle of
the exciting transition in which whole exome and genome sequencing is
being implemented into diagnostics in order to expand and improve
personalized health-care. Our most important research question is how
to relate all the DNA sequence variants we find to the health of a
patient (phenotype), and to the understanding of disease mechanisms in
particular in muscular dystrophies, migraine, metabolic syndrome and
cancer. In addition we face stunning technological developments,
continuously enhancing the amount of DNA sequence produced per day,
but every time using new methods for which new analysis algorithms
have to be developed.

== Your profile ==

You hold a BSc or MSc degree in bioinformatics, computer science, or
other related field. The candidate must have practical programming
experience in some of the programming languages as PERL, R, Java,
C/C++ or Python. You have solid experience in working with a Linux
system and database systems. You are a dedicated and flexible team
player with excellent communicative skills to work in between
scientists from different fields.

== We offer ==

You will be employed on the basis of a 32 to 36-hour week. The
appointment is initially for one year but can be extended. Your salary
will depend on your qualifications, experience and position and is
according the Collective Labour Agreement for University Hospitals.
The LUMC offers you advantageous working conditions. You are entitled
to 8% holiday payments, a Christmas bonus, and a personal pension
scheme at ABP. In addition you may join the favourable collective
Health Insurance of the UMCs.
Furthermore, the LUMC offers you excellent facilities in the field of
education, child care and career advice, as well as regulations
regarding absence, and other extras. You can read more about our
working conditions and facilities on elsewhere on the website.
More information

You can find the extended vacancy text on www.lumc.nl/vacatures. For
more information please contact Dr. Nienke van der Stoep, telephone
+31 (0)71 526 9832 e-mail nvdstoep at lumc.nl or Dr. Jeroen F. J. Laros,
telephone +31 (0) 71 5269504, email j.f.j.laros at lumc.nl or Dr. S.M.
Kielbasa, telephone +31 (0) 71 5269720, email s.m.kielbasa at lumc.nl

== Apply ==
Please go to: http://www.lumc.nl/home/0004/23583/80611011354221/1207300237105721?setlanguage=English&setcountry=en

Best regards,
Leon

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Hailiang (Leon) Mei
Netherlands Bioinformatics Center
BioAssist NGS Taskforce
 - http://ngs.nbic.nl
Skype: leon_mei    Mobile: +31 6 41709231