<html><body><div id="zimbraEditorContainer" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000" class="8"><div>Thanks to forward to potentially interested candidates! Apologies for double postings.</div><div>--</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>We are looking for <strong>a junior postdoctoral researcher</strong> to work on <strong>computational workflow development for gene-trait discovery and prioritization in agricultural biotechnology using single-cell genomics.</strong> </div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><div>This project is fully funded by UGent (Belgium) for 20 months (extension is possible) and ideally starts September 2021. The successful applicant will be part of the VIB-UGent <a data-mce-href="http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be/cnb/" href="http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be/cnb/">Comparative Network Biology</a> (Vandepoele) lab, an international, diverse, and vibrant group of research fellows at different career levels. </div><div><br></div><div><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;">Job description</span></div><div>-<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Development of workflows to</div><div> <span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Retrieve, process and curate plant trait information from dedicated databases and literature (via text-mining and natural language processing).</div><div> <span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Process and store ontologies and gene-trait information in a relational database</div><div>-<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Development and benchmarking of a command-line Nextflow pipeline to perform gene-trait discovery using single-cell RNA-Seq, network biology and curated plant trait data</div><div>-<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Evaluation of the developed gene-trait discovery pipeline using newly generated single-cell datasets for different crop plants</div><div>-<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Optional: interactions with (inter)national industrial/academic partners working on single-cell genomics and valorization.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;">Your profile</span></div><div>-<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>You have a PhD in Bioinformatics, Computational biology or similar. </div><div>-<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Having good programming (Python) and Linux skills is a must; experience with Nextflow pipelines is an asset. </div><div>-<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>You like and have experience with software/workflow/tool development.</div><div>-<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Knowledge in plant or single-cell biology is a plus but not essential.</div><div>-<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>You are enthusiastic about computational tool development and want to learn more about applying computational biology for single-cell data analysis.</div><div>-<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>You have good communication skills and are proficient in English.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;">Application Procedure</span></div><div>If you are interested, please submit your application via <a data-mce-href="https://career5.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=19229&company=C0000956575P" href="https://career5.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=19229&company=C0000956575P">https://career5.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=19229&company=C0000956575P</a> (clearly mentioning your computational skills and expertise in your CV). Deadline for applying: July 9th 2021. For more info, contact klaas.vandepoele@psb.vib-ugent.be </div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__SIG_PRE__"><div style="border-top:2px solid #3bb6bb;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0px"></div><div style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb( 0 , 32 , 96 )"> <b>Klaas Vandepoele</b> - Professor <br> Comparative Network Biology<p> <b>VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology</b><br> Ghent University<br> Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 71 - 9052 Ghent - Belgium<br> Tel. +32(0)9 331 38 22<br> <a href="http://www.psb.ugent.be/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.psb.ugent.be</a> </p> <p><font color="#41b7b9"><b>Genome editing, cutting-edge technology for a sustainable agriculture</b></font></p> <p> <img id="banner" src="https://psbzim02.psb.ugent.be/home/signature@psb.ugent.be/Briefcase/PUBLIC/footer.png"> </p></div></div></div></body></html>