[SocBiN] Laboratory technician in Bioinformatics at Karolinska Institutet, Carsten Daub research group

[Carsten Daub]

Open call: 
Laboratory technician in Bioinformatics at Karolinska Institutet, Carsten Daub research group 

https://ki.mynetworkglobal.com/en/what:job/jobID:112137/where:4/

Duties
The  laboratory technician will work with the collection and annotation of ZENCODE-ITN genomics and transcriptomics datasets as well as their storage in databases. These datasets will be quality controlled, structured, annotated and shared in the consortium and ultimately opened to the public. The laboratory technician will be working in a team and be involved in the development and maintenance of the database and the web interface. Furthermore he/she will perform meta-analysis of the collected data. A research stay in London at the Imperial College of up to 8 months is planned for the laboratory technician.

Qualifications
We are seeking one highly motivated and talented laboratory technician, who plans and executes data collection and data annotation of various types of next-gen sequencing data. As successful candidate you have a masters degree in Bioinformatics, computational biology or a related field. Thorough understanding of the concepts of molecular biology is essential. Experience with analysis of high-throughput data in UNIX environment or bioinformatic database and web application development is a strong plus. Your interest in medical and clinical questions together with the willingness to improve your knowledge in this field is important. Excellent communication skills, ability to work in a team, a proactive and constructive personality as well as fluent English speaking and writing abilities are expected.

This position is funded by a European Union Marie Sklodowska Curie Initial Training Network (ITN). To be eligible, potential candidates must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Sweden for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the recruitment, and have no more than 4 years of research experience.