Applied Bioinformatician
Faculty of Science - Swammerdam Institute for Life
Sciences (SILS)
Publicatiedatum
14
maart 2014
Opleidingsniveau
HBO/Universitair
Salarisindicatie
€2.542 to
€3.831 gross per
month based on 38 hours per week
Sluitingsdatum
11 april 2014
Functieomvang
for 32 to 38
hours per week
Vacaturenummer
14-081
The Swammerdam
Institute for Life Sciences (SILS) is one of the
Faculty of Science’s
largest
institutes. Its approximately 200 scientists and staff members
work in 14
research groups that perform excellent research centered on four
themes: 1) The
Living Cell, 2) Plant Signaling, 3) Neuroscience, and 4) Life
Science
Technologies.
The MAD: Dutch
Genomics
Service & Support Provider is the genomics technologies and
applied
bioinformatics expertise center of SILS. Since 2000 an
enthusiastic team of 15
diverse specialists focuses on the innovation, implementation
and application
of microarray technology, next-generation sequencing technology,
and
bioinformatics methods. This includes the use of these
approaches in biological
and biomedical research in collaboration with many other
research groups. As
such, the MAD operates as a genomics scientific collaborator in
numerous
research projects within SILS, other universities and academic
hospitals, as
well as various companies in the Netherlands.
In the context
of these
collaborations, we are seeking an Applied Bioinformatician.
Project
Description
The MAD has a
long-standing
expertise in advanced transcriptomics analysis. Next to the
well-established
microarray technology, the MAD-IBU was granted a 'NWO
middelgroot project' with
which a set-up next-generation sequencing (IonProton) has been
set up. Also the
required ICT infrastructure, as well as the bioinformatics
environment has been
created. This offers a unique starting point for an exciting
mixture of
established and innovative genomics experimentation both for our
own research
and that of our collaborators. These experiments concern
transcriptome
research, cancer research, toxicogenomics, food safety, ageing,
plant sciences,
ecogenomics, neurosciences, etc. MAD is intertwined with the
recently
established research group “RNA Biology and Applied
Bioinformatics
(RB&AB)”.
The applied
bioinformatician
will play a key role in the bioinformatics analysis of
transcriptomics and
genomics experiments. He/she will employ all necessary
bioinformatics methods,
tools and infrastructure in close cooperation with MAD and
RB&AB wet-lab
scientists as well as scientists from collaborating institutes
and companies.
The bioinformatician will be embedded in and supported by the
whole MAD/RB&AB
dry-lab team.
Requirements
HBO or MSc. in bioinformatics or expertise at a comparable
professional
level.
Experience with scripting in R, Python or Perl.
Affinity with life-science research.
Basic skills in applied biostatistics.
Good communicative skills.
Further
Information
For more
detailed information
regarding this position you are invited to contact:
Dr. Timo Breit, group leader MAD, RB&AB
telephone: + 31-(0)20-525 7058
Dr. Martijs Jonker, MAD Dry-lab
telephone: + 31-(0)20-525 7939
Appointment
The appointment
will be on a
temporary basis for a period of two years. Based on a full-time
appointment (38
hours per week) the gross monthly salary will range from €
2.542,- to € 3.831,-
(scale 9-10) depending on expertise and previous experience. The
Collective
Employment Agreement of the Dutch Universities is applicable.
Job
Application
To save paper
and the
environment, applications may only be submitted by electronic
mail by clicking
the Apply Now-button below. To process your application
immediately, please
quote the vacancy number 14-081 and the position you are
applying for in the
subject-line.
Applications
must include a
curriculum vitae and an (informal) letter of motivation, which
should be
grouped in one PDF attachment.
Applications
will be accepted
until 11 April, 2014.
We regret that,
due to
restrictions in our recruitment budget, we are unable to
consider candidates
who are not resident in Europe at the time of application.
No
agencies please
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