<div dir="ltr"><h2>Working environment</h2><p>The postdoc will be part of the Genomics
Coordination Centre (GCC), the ‘big data’ research & service hub of
the University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG), and the Franke-Swertz
Lab research group (<a href="http://systemsgenetics.nl">http://systemsgenetics.nl</a>),
situated in the Genetics department of the UMCG. These are exciting
times in biotechnology that are producing terabytes of Biobank, DNA,
mutation, protein, molecular and phenotype profile data. This wealth of
data offers unprecedented possibilities for new ways of predicting both
disease and health status, but also presents big challenges in how to
share, (re)use and analyse all this new, and sensitive, information. Our
25-member team is working together on diverse local, national and EU
projects to produce clever software that expedites medical research and
improves healthcare using open source web applications (see <a href="https://github.com/molgenis">http://github.com/molgenis</a>),
(HPC) analysis pipelines and large-scale e-infrastructure (cluster,
storage, cloud). Through these efforts the GCC contributes to the goal
of making scientific research data meet FAIR (Find Able, Accessible,
Interoperable, Reusable) principles.<br></p><h2>Job description</h2><p>We
are looking for a postdoc data scientist to develop models, techniques
and tools for promoting the re-use and reproducibility of scientific
research in accordance with FAIR principles. In recent years, the GCC
has been heavily invested in developing smart tools to integrate data
using ontologies and semantic search methods (Biobank Connect, SORTA,
MOLGENIS/connect) and in developing data models and data structures that
promote re-use (Observ-OM, MIABIS, FAIR) and sharing of data (Beacons,
CafeVariome). Our work has produced many top-quality MOLGENIS open
source software applications, and writing the publications about these
tools is part of this postdoc. We expect that this research line will
develop further through our (inter)national collaborations with
institutes in the BBMRI, CORBEL, ELIXIR, DTL and RD-connect networks,
and in cooperation with the six-person MOLGENIS open source team and
20-person Franke-Swertz Lab to produce widely-applicable reusable
e-infrastructure, particularly for the life sciences and personalized
medicine.<br></p><h2>What do we need</h2><p>The ideal candidate is a PhD in (Bio)informatics or Data Science who:<br></p><ul class="gmail-custom"><li><div class="gmail-inner">Has a passion for data modelling/ontologies/integration/re-use</div></li><li><div class="gmail-inner">Communicates easily with colleagues and collaborators, primarily in English</div></li><li><div class="gmail-inner">Can write publications about our methods, software and applications</div></li><li><div class="gmail-inner">Can implement methods in Java services with Javascript user interfaces</div></li><li><div class="gmail-inner">Can test these in practice in the context of large-scale ‘top-level’ biomedical research</div></li><li><div class="gmail-inner">Collaborates well in international consortia and with researchers from other disciplines</div></li><li><div class="gmail-inner">Is prepared to travel</div></li></ul><p>Experience
in large-scale biomedical studies involving Biobanks, NGS, molecular
experiments and phenotype data and with the resulting bioinformatic data
integration and (HPC) analysis pipelines, as well as knowledge of, for
example, semantic web/linked data, REST/JSON-LD, linked data fragments,
standards in <a href="http://biosharing.org">biosharing.org</a>, machine learning and biomedical ontologies
is a plus.<br><br>The UMCG has a preventive Hepatitis B policy. You may
be required to build up sufficient protection against Hepatitis B before
you can be appointed. Vaccination is provided by the UMCG if necessary.<br></p><h2>What do we offer</h2><p>An
appointment of 0.8-1.0 FTE as a postdoctoral fellow for two years (with
a possible extension), embedding in a dynamic department of top genetic
researchers (including a Spinoza prize winner), a large group of
programmers to publish with, a service desk that assists a wide range of
researchers, and the opportunity to work both in Europe and
internationally. <br><br>Your salary will be a maximum of € 4.152,-
gross per month (scale 10), depending on your qualifications and
relevant experience, based on a full-time appointment. In addition, the
UMCG will offer you 8% holiday pay, an 8.3% end-of-year bonus and a
development budget. The terms of employment comply with the Collective
Labour Agreement for Medical Centers (CAO-UMC).<br><br><b>For more information please contact:</b><br>Prof. Morris Swertz, Head of the Genomics Coordination Centre, by telephone +31 (0) 50 361 7100 or email: <a href="mailto:m.a.swertz@rug.nl" title="m.a.swertz@rug.nl" class="gmail-mailto">m.a.swertz@rug.nl</a> (please do not use for applications)<br>S. Scholtens, manager, telephone +31 (0)50 361 1087 op email: <a href="mailto:s.scholtens@umcg.nl" title="s.scholtens@umcg.nl" class="gmail-mailto">s.scholtens@umcg.nl</a> (please do not use for applications)<br></p><h2>Applying for a job</h2><p><a href="http://www.umcg.nl/NL/UMCG/Werken_in_het_UMCG/Vacatures/Externe_vacatures/Medischwetenschappelijk_personeel/Paginas/Postdoc_bioinformaticsdata_science_-_FAIR_data_and_reproducible_science.aspx?nieuwsbriefType=Vacature&nieuwsbriefTitel=Vacatures+per+e-mail+24+maart+2017&ns_type=clickin">http://www.umcg.nl/NL/UMCG/Werken_in_het_UMCG/Vacatures/Externe_vacatures/Medischwetenschappelijk_personeel/Paginas/Postdoc_bioinformaticsdata_science_-_FAIR_data_and_reproducible_science.aspx?nieuwsbriefType=Vacature&nieuwsbriefTitel=Vacatures+per+e-mail+24+maart+2017&ns_type=clickin</a><br></p></div>