Dear colleagues, I recently moved to the Cluster of Excellence “Balance of the Microverse” at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena where I founded the Viral Ecology and Omics group (VEO). We focus on metagenomics and microbiome modelling with a particular focus on the role of viruses and bacteriophages. *We are now looking for a Bioinformatics Lab Manager to support the dry lab activities of the VEO group.* For more details, please email me. Check the link for further details including an application link: https://jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/ad8e538b469960841c8634247e83601c95467664... Best regards, Bas Your responsibilities: Install, update, and maintain the group’s software, create patches, raise issues if needed. Maintain databases on our system, manage/update database download scripts (see for example https://github.com/MGXlab/cirtap). Advise and help group members, including those with little experience. Create and maintain pipelines for often-used computational tasks. Establish and maintain best practices and dry lab rules, provide documentation, instruct students who use our computers in these best practices. Contribute to course development (see for example https://github.com/MGXlab/Viromics-Workshop-MGX). Collaborate productively with experimental and computational researchers. Your profile: - A MSc or PhD degree in bioinformatics with a focus on (meta-) genomics. Experience with bacteriophages is beneficial. - Experience with Linux, Bash, Python, R, Git, Snakemake, Conda, Slurm. - Experience with database maintenance and/or data stewardship is beneficial. - Experience with hardware (computers, HPC) is beneficial. - Enthusiasm and talent for working on interdisciplinary projects. - Excellent communication skills, ability to work in a team and to interact with people from diverse nationalities and scientific backgrounds. - You have a sense of responsibility, organisational skills, and ability to contribute to a friendly and collaborative academic working environment. - Languages: English and German. We offer: - Embedding in the VEO/MGX groups, a highly collaborative and energetic team of international scientists in viral ecology and metagenomics. - A comprehensive continuing education programme for personal development, individual qualification and development measures. - Jena – City of Science is a lovely and lively town with a vibrant local cultural agenda. Jena is among the most liveable cities in Germany. Situated on the Saale River and surrounded by the famous Thuringian Forest, this city is ideal for lovers of nature and hiking. - A family-friendly working environment with a variety of offers for families: University Family Office ‘JUniFamilie’ and flexible childcare options (‘JUniKinder’ program). - FSU’s occupational health promotion scheme ( https://www.uni-jena.de/en/Gesundheit) and a wide range of university sports activities. - Attractive fringe benefits, e.g. capital formation benefits (VL), Job Ticket (benefits for public transport), and an occupational pension (VBL). - Remuneration based on the provisions of the Collective Agreement for the Public Sector of the Federal States (TV-L) up to salary scale E 13 (depending on the candidate’s personal qualifications) including a special annual payment in accordance with the collective agreement. -- Prof. Dr. Bas E. Dutilh <http://tbb.bio.uu.nl/dutilh> Viral Ecology and Omics Group | Metagenomics Group Microverse Cluster <https://microverse-cluster.de/en/> | Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics <https://tbb.bio.uu.nl/> European Virus Bioinformatics Centre <http://evbc.uni-jena.de/> | Utrecht Bioinformatics Center <https://ubc.uu.nl/> Friedrich Schiller University Jena <https://www.uni-jena.de/en/> | Utrecht University <https://www.uu.nl/>