Postdoctoral researcher in Bioinformatics 1260 views

The Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) at the University of Luxembourg invites applications for a postdoctoral position in bioinformatics and data analysis in the context of international research projects on complex neurological syndromes. We are seeking to employ a

Duration: initially 24 months; Fixed-term; extension possible

Starting date: as soon as possible

Benefits:

• fully funded position with a competitive salary
• exciting international environment, commitment to open science and free software

Role and responsibilities:

• Analyst for integration of genomic and transcriptomic data and their integration in the context of complex neurology diseases, initially in the FP7 project BioCog
• Data management in international projects including development of analysis and management plans and their supervision
• Development of reproducible analysis and standards

Requirements:

• Applicant must hold PhD in computer science, computational biology, statistics or bioinformatics
• Applicant must have strong statistical as well as computer programming skills for data analysis (Python or R preferred)
• Applicant must demonstrate proven track record of data analysis for genomics and/or transcriptomics projects and experience dealing with clinical and omics data integration
• Applicant must have knowledge of relational and/or NoSQL databases are a plus as is experience in data management of complex project
• Applicant must show interest to work within an interdisciplinary setting, communicating with other external partners from different disciplines

Applications:

Applications (in English) must include the following documents:

• CV
• Cover letter mentioning the reference number (Ref:R-AGR-0438-10-C)
• List of publications/software projects
• Description of past experience and future interests
• Name and addresses of three referees