Bioinformatician (postdoctoral level) in Immunology and Immunogenetics (m/f/d)

The Institute of Neuropathology is looking for a

Bioinformatician (postdoctoral level) in Immunology and Immunogenetics (m/f/d)

The Institute of Neuropathology represents a research institute at the interface between clinical and experimental science, with a strong involvement in routine clinical care and an innovative and attractive scientific research profile. A central area of these research interests are centered around the topics of neuroimmunology, immunology and neurodegeneration. We seek an experienced bioinformatician (m/f/d) with a strong background in sequencing data analysis, development of new analysis tools, statistics and, ideally, prior exposure to immunogenetics studies.

We offer:

• participation in exciting research projects in integrative data analysis
• close collaboration with several life science groups provide excellent possibilities for joint publications and future career development
• an international work atmosphere
• cutting the edge projects reaching from basic experimental approaches to large clinical cohorts (see publications from our lab: Masuda et al. Nature. 2022;604(7907):740-748, Jordao et al. Science. 2019;363(6425):eaat7554. Geirsdottir et al. Cell. 2019; 179(7):1609-1622.e16.)
• an individual career development plan and participation in the universities’ services for postdocs

Responsibilities: 

• design of sequencing experiments
• processing and quality control of bulk RNAseq, scRNAseq, low input ATACseq, scATACseq etc., DNA methylation profiling
• reference genome and transcriptome assembly and annotation in mouse, man and other species
• phylogenetic and comparative genomics analyses
• development and implementation of custom analysis pipelines in collaboration with wet lab scientists
• you will develop and test software for multi-scale integrative analysis of various high-throughput data sources (e.g. single-cell RNA-seq) as needed in selected research projects of the Institute; this includes e.g. defining and codifying best practices based on established software packages, and implementation of published methods and project-specific optimization of workflows  

Required skills:

• an excellent PhD in informatics/bioinformatics preferably in a project associated with an immunology related project
• documented experience in high-throughput data analysis including single cell data and software development
• a strong interest to acquire biological knowledge and work together with life scientists
• very good communication skills in English
• the ability to work independently and with different project leaders and PhD students

This position is open immediately and funded for two years, with the possibility of extension.
Please send applications including CV, degrees, two references, motivation letter, and list of publications.

For further inquiries, please contact:

[email protected]

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.