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Job Code: 05-2022Job Offer from July 13, 2022
The Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing in Cologne invites applications for a Bioinformatician (m/f/d) (job code 05-2022)
The Bioinformatics Core Facility is looking for a new member (m/f/d) with a strong background in Bioinformatics/statistics/data analysis. The group supports all institute members with state-of-the-art computational biology tools and analysis. Our range of services includes: Analytics, SaaS (Software as a Service); PaaS (Platform as a Service); IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service). For the analysis of biological data, the core facility maintains itself up-to-date with continuously developing and emerging tools. Most of the work lays on the piping of data between software or exploring data downstream of wellestablished pipelines. We do this with a developer’s mind, making sure all our work is readily applied to similar datasets.
Your tasks
- Standard analysis of biological data – NGS (eg. RNAseq, variant calling from exome and full genome sequencing, single cell RNAseq, DNA methylation), proteomics, high-throughput screenings.
- Implement statistical methods in novel workflows
- Develop Flask based Apps for internal and external use
- Work close with wet bench researchers to support exploration of research data
- Provide 1 to 2 days workshops on a relevant topic twice a year
Your skills
- bioinformatician / data-scientist / statistician with a Ph.D. in related field
- experience with data analysis and very good level of statistics
- experienced in bash, R, and Python (Perl and/or C/C++ is a plus)
- experience with NGS and other Omics technologies while being focused on biological questions
- experience with SLURM, Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, and git is a plus
- willing to reinvent her/him-self in order to solve new challenges
- very good interpersonal skills, service / customer oriented
Research environment
The Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing was founded in 2008 with the mission to unravel fundamental mechanisms of healthy ageing. It is part of a broad network of institutions in the Cologne-Bonn area dedicated to research on ageing and age-related disease, constituting a vibrant and collaborative environment. Equipped with state-of-the-art core facilities, the institute provides outstanding opportunities for its scientists. At the moment, we host 350 employees – including guest scientists – from 30 different nations.
Our offer
- a highly dynamic international research atmosphere in one of Germany’s biggest research societies
- in-house only HPC cluster and dedicated systems administrator
- access to the Max Planck Computing & Data Facility
- dedicated time for own research/development
- professional development: we highly encourage our members to take time and/or courses for further development
- all genders are encouraged to take parenting time
The employment contract will be based on contracts for the civil service (TVöD-Bund, Tarifvertrag für den öffentlichen Dienst, TVöD E13 salary group) and will initially be time limited. The Max Planck Society endeavours to achieve gender equality and diversity, and therefore seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and explicitly encourages women to apply. Furthermore, the Max Planck Society is committed to increasing the number of employees with severe disabilities in its workforce. Applications from persons with severe disabilities are expressly desired.
Applications should include:
- a cover letter and a Curriculum Vitae including your scientific interests, publications and scientific achievements
- contact information for 2-3 references
- certificates and transcripts of the degrees you obtained already and should be uploaded as one single pdf-file using our application website (quoting job code: 05-2022).
Informal inquiries regarding the offer are welcome and should be sent to Jorge.Boucas@age.mpg.de.