[SocBiN] Researcher/head of unit in Bioinformatics for metabolic disease

[Petter Storm]

Dear fellow bioinformaticians,

Please let me draw your attention to the permanent position detailed below as a jresearcher/head of bioinformatics unit at Lund University Diabetes Center. Full details: https://lu.mynetworkglobal.com/en/what:job/jobID:102365/where:4/

best,
Petter

Research position in bioinformatics







Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö



Lund University was founded in 1666 and for a number of years has been ranked among the world’s top 100 universities. The University has 41 000 students and 6 900 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.

The Faculty of Medicine is a part of Lund University, and is responsible for education and research within medicine and healthcare. Our academic programmes are closely linked with the healthcare system and are firmly anchored in the faculty’s strong research tradition. Our research spans a broad field within experimental preclinical research, near-patient clinical research and health sciences research. The Faculty of Medicine, with its 1,800 employees and 2,700 students in Lund and Malmö, is a knowledge-intensive meeting place for students, teachers and researchers from all over the world.

Working description
Applications are invited for a Research Position in bioinformatics. The full-time post is based at LUDC, Malmö. Work assignments include serving as Head of the Bioinformatics Unit (BU) with several bioinformaticians and statisticians as well as system administrators and a data manager. The Bioinformatics Unit provides data management and bioinformatics support to all researchers at LUDC. In addition it administrates the computing and storage cluster (200 cores, >2.5 Tb of RAM and 0.5 Pb of storage) and internal IT systems including the LIMS. The applicant is in addition to managing the BU expected to create an own research group in the field further develop the area of applied bioinformatics at LUDC. Possible areas of research that are already strong at LUDC that could be further developed pending on the interest of the candidate is transcriptomic analysis of human islets, whole genome/exome sequencing of diabetes families and/or systems medicine through large scale data integration.


Qualifications
Qualifications PhD degree in an appropriate area and PostDoctoral experience of applied bioinformatic research, preferably in the field of metabolic disease. Particular importance is given to scientific excellence in the field of bioinformatics and/or statistical genetics. Prior experience of GWAS and NGS data is required. The applicant should also have experience and skills to supervise PhD Students and Postdocs and actively participate in international collaborations. The applicant is expected to be able to take initiatives and test them in a scientific fashion.

Lund University welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We regard gender equality and diversity as a strength and an asset.

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