Postdoc position: Bioinformatics, Data Science/Database Programming 1187 views

The Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at University of Copenhagen invites applications for a Postdoc position in Bioinformatics, Data Science/Database Programming or software/database developer for a 3-year position with a flexible start.

About the position:

• Extending an in-house technique for virtual screening of ligands for GPCRs to predict signalling bias for specific cellular pathways (different families of G proteins). Such ligands would help map signalling pathways and their effects and could lead to drugs with fewer side effects.
• Developing a public web resource offering these ligands to the global research community. This would allow e.g. pharmacologists to select a receptor target of interest and directly order compounds for biological assaying. Hence, the impact could be large on both academic research and drug discovery.
• This work will be conducted in tight collaboration with a strong local team of fellow developers and interdisciplinary scientists, as well as experts and users from the international research community.

Requirements:

• Applicant must be a highly motivated and ambitious bioinformatician, data scientist, programmer or software/database developer with experience with biological driven questions.
• Applicant must hold PhD relevant to Bioinformatics, Data Science, Programming or database development
• Proficient communication skills and ability to work in teams
• Excellent English skills written and spoken
• Excellent programming skills, preferably in Python
• Basic understanding of protein biology and pharmacological data
• Experience in (big) dataset analysis and parsing
• Demonstrated ability to learn new methods and biological subjects
• Demonstrated strong career progression and high ambition

Applications:

Apply online in English and application must include the following documents/attachments – all in PDF format:

• Letter of motivation for application (cover letter)
• CV incl. education, work/research experience, language skills and other skills relevant for the position.
• A certified/signed copy of a) PhD certificate and b) Master of Science certificate. If the PhD is not completed, a written statement from the supervisor will do.
• List of publications, including a separate section or marking of up to 5 most important selected articles.