Job posting

Job posting
Type of position
scientific
administrative
Title
Target group
graduates
post docs
other
Postdoc Bioinformatics Scientist in Phylogenomics (m/f)
The Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung (SGN) is a
member institution of the Leibniz Association. With almost 800
employees and its headquarters in Frankfurt am Main,
Senckenberg conducts natural history research with research
institutions in six federal states of Germany. As an
interdisciplinary institute, the Senckenberg Biodiversity and
Climate Research Centre (BiK-F) focuses on the interactions
between biodiversity and climate.
There is an exciting opportunity for a talented and motivated
Position
bioinformatics scientist to join our group. The successful
individual will assemble and analyse mammalian genomes from
various NGS data and dissect genomic data for phylogenomic
analyses. The individual is encouraged to develop own research
driven activities, implement the latest methodology, and actively
apply for third party funding.
Responsibilities Your tasks
Institution
Requirements
• Understand scientific goals and identify and realize informatics
solutions
• Deliver impactful bioinformatics support
• Work with MSc, PhD students and Postdocs to translate new
hypotheses into phylogenomic analyses
• Engage proactively in knowledge sharing and peer support to
build expertise in the tools and techniques critical to
phylogenomic bioinformatics
• Maintain and expand the necessary hardware
Your profile
• PhD degree in the area of biology/bioinformatics, genetics or a
related field
• Prior research experience in genomics analysis is a definite
plus (minimum 3 years)
• Expertise in gene flow and selection analyses in mammals
• Expertise in genome and transcriptome assembly from
mammals
• Awareness of NGS (Next Generation Sequencing)
technologies and experience of NGS data interpretation
• A thorough understanding of mammalian phylogenetics or
population genetics
• Strong command of programming languages for data analysis
(Python / Pearl)
• Skilled in effective communication of complex genomic data to
non-experts
• An excellent publication track record
• Well networked within bioinformatics communities, expertise
processing and interpreting next generation
sequencing data
• Very good English skills
Salary and benefits are in accordance with a public service
position in Germany (TV-H E13). The contract shall start as
soon as possible and will be initially limited to a 2-year term. The
Senckenberg Research Institute supports equal opportunity of
men and women and therefore strongly invites women to apply.
Equally qualified handicapped applicants will be given
preference. The duty station will be Frankfurt am Main,
Germany (exceptions might be possible due to business trips).
The employer is the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für
Naturforschung.
Application
procedure
(deadline etc.)
Please send your application before May 3d, 2016 preferably by
e-mail (attachment in a single pdf document), mentioning the
reference of this position (Ref. # 6.4.16) and including a letter
outlining your suitability for the post, a detailed CV, contact
details of 2 references, and, if available, publications to the
address below:
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
Senckenberganlage 25
60325 Frankfurt am Main
[email protected]
Contact
For scientific enquiries please contact Prof. Dr. Axel Janke,
[email protected].

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