[SocBiN] Position: Viral bioinformatician (PostDoc) at Statens Serum Institut (Copenhagen, Denmark) 1.1.2020

[Kim Ng]

Dear all,

We have a PostDoc (3 years) position available as a Viral bioinformatician
at Statens Serum Institute, (National Surveillance in Copenhagen, Denmark).
The position will be located in the Department of Virus & Microbiological
Special Diagnostics where you'll work within a team of virologists. Work
will be related to Viral WGS data from both animal and humans with a
primary project related to finding markers in influenza for that may have
caused its jump from Pig to Human (using Danish Samples). Experience with
viral bioinformatics tools and pipelines are a strong plus.

Here is a link to the posting, the deadline is the start of next year
currently (1.1.2020):
https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=5001&ProjectId=127881&DepartmentId=9179&MediaId=5&SkipAdvertisement=False&uiculture=en

You can also contact me if you have any questions, below is a copy of the
description

Do you want to have notable impact on how Statens Serum Institut works with
viral Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data for surveillance?

*About Department of Virus & Microbiological Special Diagnostics*
As our new colleague, you will be a part of the Department of Virus &
Microbiological Special Diagnostics (VMS), where we perform diagnostics and
provides clinical guidance for viral infections and serology.

The department is the national central laboratory for human virology,
including surveillance of viral infections and research and development
within the field. The department comprises the national WHO Centre on
influenza, polio and measles/rubella.

The department is also a member of the European Network for Imported Viral
Diseases (ENIVD), thus participating in the European collaboration on
surveillance of viral infections.

*About the position:*
We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic postdoc.

You will be involved in research activities within the frame of the
FluZooMark project.

Your primary task will be to assist in the bioinformatics requirements for
the FluZooMark project as well as assisting in implementing additional
viral bioinformatic tools for viral surveillance.

The research project involves bioinformatics, and you will be looking for
viral molecular markers in the viral genome related to zoonotic
transmission from NGS data of thousands of influenza virus samples from
both human and swine origin.

*Required qualifications:*
Ideally, you are a bioinformatician with a PhD. You have experience working
with viral data and you feel comfortable working with this data already.
You will require the ability to install and run various viral
bioinformatics pipelines on a Linux server and be able to, with the
assistance of the Virologists, interpret the results.

You speak English fluently though Danish fluency is also a benefit.

Technical requirements:

   - Fluency within a Linux environment
   - Install, run, debug, and maintain bioinformatic pipelines

Optional requirements:

   - Knowledge of virology (i.e. Influenza)
   - Programming/Statistical knowledge (i.e. Python, R)
   - Experience with bioinformatic tools/pipelines (i.e. V-pipe,
   NextStrain, PyMol, BEAST)
   - Experience with Sweep Dynamics plots

*Terms of employment:*
The employment as postdoc is a full time and fixed-term position for three
years.

The employment will be in accordance with the terms of the collective
agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the Danish Federation of
Professional Associations (AC-overenskomsten) and the Danish Ministry of
Finance’s circular concerning the job structure for scientific staff
working with research at sector research institutions (Stillingsstruktur
for videnskabeligt personale med forskningsopgaver ved
sektorforskningsinstitutioner).

If you come from abroad, we will be happy to assist you in the transition
process.

*Further information.*
For further details and informal enquiries please contact Senior Scientist
Ramona Trebbien phone +45 32683591 or email ratr at ssi.dk

*Application and recruitment process:*
Click “apply” to send your job application with the following appendixes

   - curriculum vitae (CV)
   - copies of relevant academic diplomas (master and PhD)
   - list of scientific publications
   - 2-3 scientific publications.

Your research qualifications will be assessed by a scientific assessment
committee in accordance with the current Danish rules for employment of
scientific staff working with research at sector research institutions in
Denmark.

Interviews is expected to be held between 6 January 2020 and 17 January
2020.
Kind regards,
-Kim Ng
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