Dear bioinformatics colleagues and friends,

I am happy to announce three open positions at UMCG Groningen, Genomics Coordination Center (and we always are looking for scientific programmers so welcome open applications as well):

to lead our ‘FAIR’ research line towards integrated analysis of large biobanks and multi-center studies in (rare)disease. Big data holds huge promise to accelerate research in human health and disease, but biomedical data is very heterogeneous and fragmented impeding integrated analysis. You will research ontologies and linked data models and methods and develop smart data integration tools for large scale retrospective data integration and ‘federated’ analysis, considering the fact that health data is often privacy sensitive and involve security/anonymity constraints. 

to promote smooth operation of large European and National data science projects in the area of cohorts, (rare) disease, and multi-omics. You will facilitate collaboration between principle investigators, PhD students, data scientists, engineers and managers, highlight (research) opportunities, promote collaboration and coordinate project deliverables in a timely manner, drive internal and external communication including organisation and preparation of semi-annual and specific project meetings to ensure a smooth progress of the research. You will be part of a social, multi-site, multi-disciplinary team of project coordinators, researchers and team leaders who together coordinate all things happening between GCC and our partners. Depending on your background and ambitions you can also take the lead in scientific publications.