[BBC] Scientific programmer

[Patrick Deelen]

https://www.rug.nl/research/genetics/jobvacancies/vacancy_scientific_programmer
Organization

The department of Genetics is part of the University Medical Center
Groningen (UMCG) and is involved in the research of multiple complex
diseases. We have contributed to the identification of genetic variants
that cause type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, celiac disease,
ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.

We are currently looking for a scientific programmer in the research group
of prof. dr. Lude Franke (www.ludesign.nl/frankelab). This position has
become available because the current scientific programmer will continue as
a PhD-student. Our group is a young, dynamic and international
bio-informatics group of 5 PhD-students and 4 postdocs.

We are currently concentrating on 1) integrating multi-omics datasets to
identify likely causal genes for diseases that might be targetable by
drugs, 2) helping to develop computational strategies to increase the
diagnostic yield in clinical genetics, and 3) contributing to the
development of personalized medicine by performing large-scale genome-wide
association studies on drug use and by implementing (pharmaco)genetic
passports in the general population. We feel passionate about gaining new
scientific insight by reinterpreting large datasets. Key themes in our lab
are data visualization, statistical modelling, big data and data
integration.

If you want to contribute to science and develop tools to improve
healthcare as a programmer, this position is the next step in your career.
Job description

As a scientific programmer you will be primarily responsible for making the
work of our group publicly available through dedicated websites (e.g.
www.genenetwork.nl, www.eqtlgen.org). Furthermore, you will contribute to
data-analysis on projects throughout the group. Therefore you will work
closely with all members of the team, depending on the needs within the
projects. Your work may result in co-authorships on scientific papers for
these projects and may potentially provide the basis for obtaining a PhD
degree. Occasionally you will collaborate with colleagues from other
research groups within the department and the Genomics Coordination Centre (
www.rug.nl/research/genetics/genomicscoordinationcentre/
<https://www.rug.nl/research/genetics/jobvacancies/www.rug.nl/research/genetics/genomicscoordinationcentre/>
).
Responsibilities

   - Developing and maintaining our groups' publicly available websites
   - Developing software tools for data-analysis
   - Automating data-analysis (on our private HPC cluster)

Requirements

   - BSc/MSc degree in (bio-)informatics or equivalent
   - Proficiency in Java and R is essential
   - Experience with front-end web development (HTML, JavaScript) is
   essential
   - Experience with React framework, Python, Bash is a plus
   - Fluent in English

What we offer

We offer a two year temporary contract with a salary based on your
experience, with a minimum of €3,020.53 up to a maximum of € 3,969.18 per
month, for a fulltime position (36 hours/week). The UMCG also offers an 8%
holiday bonus and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus. The employment conditions are
in accordance with the CAO Universitair Medische Centra (CAO-UMC).
Contact information

Prof. dr. Lude Franke
Department of Genetics, 5th floor
European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA)
Antonius Deusinglaan 1
9713 AV Groningen
The Netherlands

lude at ludesign.nl
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