Bioinformatician - TRR 305 Research Consortium

In the framework of the newly funded Collaborative Research Centre TRR 305 „Striking a moving target: From mechanisms of metastatic organ colonisation to novel systemic therapies“ (https://www.experimentelle-medizin.de/verbundforschung), we are looking for a

Bioinformatician (m/f/d)

to support project partners in the bioinformatics analysis of omics data.

Your tasks will include:

• setting up and maintaining pipelines for sequencing data analyses (bulk and single-cell RNA-Seq, ATAC-Seq, ChIP-Seq);
• closely interacting with CRC project partners to support post-processing analyses of omics data (e.g. functional enrichment, visualisation and interpretation of results, data integration with publicly available datasets, preparation of publication-ready figures);

Your qualifications:

• academic degree (MSc/PhD) in bioinformatics, computational or life sciences. A PhD is preferred but not essential.
• prior experience in the analysis of next-generation sequencing data is advantageous;
• familiarity with working in a Linux/Unix environment;
• strong programming skills (e.g. Python, Perl, R);
• excellent communication skills and fluency in English.

Applications should be sent to Dr. Fulvia Ferrazzi, Institute of Pathology, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg (fulvia.ferrazzi(at)uk-erlangen.de) and Wencke Wallusch (wencke.wallusch(at)fau.de), and include a letter of interest, a CV (containing a list of publications, if applicable), a brief description of research experience, as well as contact information of two references.

The position is initially available for 4 years, with the possibility of extension.