Head of the Medical Bioinformatics platform (m/f/d)

The Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology (IKMB)

The Medical Faculty together with the Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology at Kiel University are in the process of establishing a core facility for medical bioinformatics services. This new resource will complement existing local infrastructures, such as a national NGS core facility (“CCGA”), the biobank “Popgen” as well as the recently launched clinical data integration centre “MeDIC”. A primary goal of the platform will be the implementation of best-practices workflows for a range of bioinformatics applications, development of compute and data management infrastructures for clinical “omics” data, as well as to provide data analysis support/training to interested researchers in Kiel and elsewhere.

The position will be hosted at the Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology (IKMB), which operates one of the four national German DFG-funded sequencing centres and is embedded in multiple high-profile research efforts, including the two DFG Excellence Clusters “Precision Medicine in Chronic Inflammation (PMI) and ROOTS. Through this stimulating working environment, the candidate will have an opportunity to interact with colleagues both nationally (e.g., through our membership in the German Network for Bioinformatics, de.NBI) and internationally working on diverse bioinformatic challenges, including clinical diagnostics, genome-wide associations studies and complex data integration as well as related software/infrastructure, to further improve her/his professional profile in these areas.

Start in our team

We are looking for professional and competent support to start as soon as possible, limited for 3 years with the prospect of prolongation.

What we offer:

• The salary will be based on the German E 14 TV-L scale, if terms and conditions under collective bargaining law are fulfilled
• Full-time employment, currently 38.5 hours/ week. Part-time employment may be compatible within the Framework of certain working time models
• Many employee discounts on various online platforms and with various companies
• University sports and fitness at a company rate as a balance to work
• We provide top research conditions at the interface of medicine, science and technology and maintain research co-operations with universities all over the world

Your role/task:

• We are thus looking for a talented senior bioinformatician to join our new team to lead and develop this platform into an integral part of the medical research landscape in Kiel
• The successful candidate will be responsible for the development and implementation of bioinformatic pipelines and tools on the local high-performance computing systems, as well as support research groups with their analytical needs
• In addition, the applicant will work with related infrastructures on establishing a campus-wide concept for the standardization and management of omics data

Your profile:

Essential prerequisites for this position are:

• A strong command of one or several programming languages (Python, Ruby, Perl etc.)
• A proficiency of working with virtual software environments (e.g. conda, bioconda), containerization (e.g. biocontainers, singularity) and scientific workflow systems (e.g. nextflow, snakemake)
• A good knowledge of OMICs data and tools for data analysis and integration
• Additional skills in the use and development of database applications, web applications, machine learning techniques and data management will be beneficial
• Very good knowledge of the English language, both written and orally, is expected

Please submit your application until 30th April 2024, indicating the reference number 22931.

Contact:

For questions about the position, please contact:

• Prof. Mathieu Groussin: m.groussin@ikmb.uni-kiel.de
• Prof. Andre Franke: a.franke@ikmb.uni-kiel.de