Bioinformatician (m/f/d, PhD)

The Institute for Infection Prevention and Control (IPC, Head Prof. Dr. Philipp Henneke) is looking as soon as possible for a

Bioinformatician (m/f/d, PhD)

with focus on the analysis of large genomic, gene expression and gene regulatory network data sets.

 
We are looking for a highly motivated scientist to work in a dynamic and interdisciplinary academic team focusing on different aspects of infection, immunology, and adaptation of immunity across life. We aim to recruit a bioinformatician to complement our expertise and to develop an individual research focus within our research team.

We offer:

• a state of the art workplace located at the heart of the medical campus in close proximity to clinics and other research institutes
• a diverse and international team eager to approach diverse questions on immune development, infection dynamics and immunity to infections
• an internationally highly recognized and visible research environment
• independence to develop your own research focus as a basis for an academic career
• highly innovative projects from internationally recognized partners to interlink with from early-on
• work within a national consortium focusing on the development of immunity in pre- and perinatal life (TRR359)
• involvement in teaching across different life science study programs at the faculty of Medicine
• Perspective: Junior Group Leaders

Your profile at the IPC: 

• analyses of high throughput genomic, transcriptomic, epigenetic, proteomic, digital spatial, and other ‘omics data in healthy and disease states
• close interaction with the bioinformatics and immunology teams of Katrin Kierdorf, Julia Kolter, Tjibbe Donker and Philipp Henneke
• analysis of multiscale single cell ‘omics data in in experimental and human models
• reference genome and transcriptome assembly and annotation across species
• perform rigorous and reproducible data analyses along with graphics and spreadsheet output
• development and implementation of custom analysis pipelines in collaboration with wet lab scientists
• develop your own projects and work independently on a variety of data analysis projects
• increasing development of own projects and acquisition of third-party funds in the course of time

Required skills:

• Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Genetics/Genomics or related field
• experience with ‘omics platform output
• experience with biological datasets and next generation sequencing data. Graphical output of data analysis for publication
• demonstrated experience in statistical analysis and designing computational methods and tools, including prior experience with algorithms relevant to computational biology
• documented programming skills, e.g. in Python and R
• very good communication and organizational skills with the ability to work to timelines, both independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• a strong interest to acquire biological knowledge and work together with life scientists
• very good communication skills in English

Are you interested? Then we look forward to receiving your documents by Juni 11, 2025.

Please apply online via (Shortlink to applyform) https://mtj.jobs/3150279

Questions? Then send us an email:
iik.sekretariat@uniklinik-freiburg.de

General information: Salary is assigned according to a pay scale. Unless prevented by operational or legal reasons, full-time positions are generally open to those wishing to job share. Where two candidates are equally suitable for a post, severely disabled candidates are given priority. Employment decisions are made by the Personnel Department.