Postdoctoral Fellow: Metagenomics Analyst, EMBL 793 views

Postdoctoral Fellow: Metagenomics Analyst, EMBL

Postdoctoral Fellow – Metagenomics Analyst at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Germany, in the research field of Biological sciences

RESEARCHER PROFILE

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Established Researcher (R3)

Leading Researcher (R4)

Overview

The candidate will

1. Develop new analytical methods for longitudinal microbiome data analysis which explicitly model dependency structures among microbial features (e.g. the phylogenetic tree reflecting species relationships)
2. Analyze metagenomics data sets from clinical microbiome studies in a team with other researchers from the Zeller Team and collaborating groups, capitalizing on her/his in-depth understanding of the methodologies in order to gain a better understanding of microbiome-host interactions (co-metabolism) and their bearing on host health and disease;
3. Interact and collaborate with other scientists and bioinformaticians to tightly integrate microbiome and molecular and clinical host data into disease models.

Position Requirements

The position is ideally suited for applicants

Required Qualifications

1. PhD in computational biology or related field with a record of computational and/or statistical method development;
2. Advanced programming skills, including R, Python, Unix/Bash as well as familiarity with basic concepts of computer science;
3. Strong interest and prior experience in biological data analysis (in any relevant data-intense field of the life sciences including genomics, transcriptomics, single-cell analysis, etc.).

Experience and expertise

1. Software development, e.g. maintenance of R/Bioconductor packages;
2. Broad theoretical knowledge of, and work experience with biostatistics and machine learning;
3. Familiarity with large-scale data analysis and pipelining in an HPC and/or cloud computing environment;
4. Metagenomics data analysis skills.

APPLICATION DEADLINE> 10/03/2019