[BBC] Vacancy: Bioinformatician at VIB Nucleomics Core (Leuven, Belgium)

[Rudy van Eijsden]

VIB Nucleomics Core (Leuven, Belgium) is looking for a Bioinformatician:


VIB
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VIB is a non-profit research institute in life sciences. About 1,300
scientists conduct strategic basic research on the molecular mechanisms
that are responsible for the functioning of the human body, plants, and
microorganisms. Through a close partnership with four Flemish
universities − UGent, KU Leuven, University of Antwerp, and Vrije
Universiteit Brussel − and a solid funding program, VIB unites the
forces of 83 research groups in a single institute. The goal of the
research is to extend the boundaries of our knowledge of life. Through
its technology transfer activities, VIB translates research results into
products for the benefit of consumers and patients and contributes to
new economic activity. VIB develops and disseminates a wide range of
scientifically substantiated information about all aspects of
biotechnology. More information: www.vib.be 

VIB Nucleomics Core
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In order to provide research groups with early and expert access to
state-of-the-art technologies, VIB has incepted a number of Core
Facilities, of which VIB Nucleomics Core is one. VIB Nucleomics Core,
based in Leuven (Belgium), provides an assortment of fee-based services
to address biological questions in the transcriptomics and genomics
fields. Our customer base consists of both VIB and non-VIB scientists
throughout Europe. Key applications are gene expression analysis using
microarray technology and Next Generation RNA sequencing, whole genome
sequencing, amplicon sequencing, ChIP-seq, RIP-seq, genome mapping, and
more. The Affymetrix microarray, Illumina sequencing, Roche 454
sequencing, Life Technologies PGM sequencing, Nanostring nCounter, and
BioNanoGenomics Irys platforms are the main platforms that are being
used to facilitate these types of experiments. Bioinformatics services
are an integral part of the Nucleomics Core service package. To
guarantee an excellent service we are searching for a bioinformatician
to strengthen our group. More info on: www.nucleomics.be

Job description/responsibilities
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- Carry out data analysis projects on a day-to-day basis.
- Develop and maintain automated procedures (in-house written web tools
for data quality assessment and data preprocessing) to guarantee quality
of in-house produced data.
- Design, write or improve analysis pipelines for sequencing data and
data generated by new technologies.  Currently pipelines have been built
for identification and evaluation of gene expression signatures, RNA
sequencing, variant calling, genome assembly and genome mapping.
- Deliver results to customers and provide additional explanation when
necessary.
- Assist customers with publication by providing informative figures and
material & methods sections and with data submission to public databases
(e.g. GEO).
- Consultation with customers regarding experimental set-up.
- Attendance of relevant courses/trainings and conferences.

Profile
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- Ph.D. degree in science (bioinformatics / statistics / biology /
biochemistry / biomedicine / genomics).
- Basic knowledge of life sciences (i.e. genetics and genomics) is
essential.
- Experience with next-generation sequencing data analysis. 
- Strong knowledge of bioinformatics (open-source) tools (such as
SAMtools, Bowtie, TopHat, …) and databases in genomics research (e.g.
Ensembl/NCBI).
- Knowledge of relational databases (MySQL/Oracle) and common scripting
languages (e.g. R, Perl, …).
- Familiar with both Windows and Linux operating systems.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Team player.

Contact? 
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If you are interested please send your CV, motivation letter and contact
details of two references to peter.verhasselt at vib.be.



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