Six (6) permanent positions providing advanced bioinformatics support , located at SciLifeLab B ioinformatics P latform nodes across Sweden

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Job date: 2015-02-11
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Company : SciLifeLab B ioinformatics Platform 

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Call for interest. Six (6) permanent positions providing advanced bioinformatics support , located at SciLifeLab B ioinformatics P latform nodes across Sweden. Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab , www.scilifelab.se ) in Sweden serves as a national infrastructure to support advanced high -­‐ throughput life science res earch . Originally located in the Stockholm/Uppsala region, SciLifeLab is currently one of the fastest -­‐ growing life s cience research establishments in Europe , now also form ing satellite nodes at other universities across Sweden . The bioinformatics platform at SciLifeLab is a national infrastructure in rapid growth and development , now looking for 6 permanent staff members to join the Bioinformatics Long -­‐ term Support team (a.k.a WABI), preferably placed at bioinformatics nodes in Umeå, Linköping, Gothenburg, or Lund . Together with other national bioinformatics staff, the new recruits will aid the build -­‐ up of the national platform by establishing local platform nodes. The Bioinformatics Long -­‐ term Support team provide s advanced bioinformatics analyses to some of the most scientifically exciting projects across Sweden. Launched in the b eginning of 2013, the team currently holds 15 full -­‐ time senior bioinformaticians, and has been established as one of the strongest units for analyses of large -­‐ scale genomic data in Sweden . Examples of supported scientific areas are medical genomics and tra nscriptomics, cancer and complex diseases, proteomics, as well as evolutionary, ecological and environmental genomics. The successful candidates have (i) a PhD or similar relevant working experience from advanced studies within bioinformatics, eit her within academia or industry, (ii) f luent oral and w ritten communication in English , and (iii) s trong skills in cooperation and communication. Postdoctoral studies are a strong merit but not a requirement. We are looking for candidates experience d in provid in g analyses, software solutions , database design and/ or user interfaces in areas like whole genome variant discovery, statistical genetics, population genetics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, systems biology and integrative bioinformatics P l e a se send your CV and a personal letter with your motivation to join the team , specifically including your preferred working place by indicating the relevant u niversity/universities , to thomas.svensson@scilifelab.se NOTE! The formal recruit process at th e respective university will be started once this call for interest has been evaluated. The d eadline for this call is February 27 th 2015 We hope to hear from you soon ! Thomas Svensson , thomas.svensson@scilifelab.se B jörn Nystedt , bjorn.nystedt@scilifelab.se Managers, SciLifeLab Bioinformatics Long -­‐ term Support www.scilifelab.se/platforms/bioinformatics


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