The candidate must have : • either a Master’s degree in life sciences (biological or biomedical sciences) with a complementary Master’s and PhD in bioinformatics,
• or a Master’s degree and PhD in bioinformatics.
The skills required are as follows: • Knowledge of genetics and molecular biology.
• Proficiency in the knowledge and IT tools required to analyze the human genome and its variants from complex data such as those generated by Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), both short-reads and long-reads.
• Understand and use complex mathematical formulas to develop risk scores, among other things.
• Work independently and as part of a team.
• Create and manage projects.
• Know how to use variant analysis software, or know how to design it.
• Administration of scientific databases.
Previous knowledge of the analysis of the human genome and its variations, as well as technical skills in sample preparation for NGS is an asset.