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Division/ Department
The Center for Translational Microbiome Research (CTMR) was started in January 2016 as a collaboration between Karolinska Institutet, Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) and Ferring Pharmaceuticals. CTMR aims to better understand the contribution of the human microbiome to physiology and pathophysiology with the goal of opening opportunities for the development of novel therapies in the area of gastroenterology, reproductive health and neonatology. The center is also part of the Horizon 2020 initiative on microbiological research, where the ONCOBIOME project gathers 17 partners from 10 countries to do research on four different types of cancer: gastrointestinal, breast, prostate, and melanoma. The focus of CTMR in the ONCOBIOME project is processing microbiome samples from a large screening program for colorectal cancer (30k individuals).
Duties
We are looking for an experienced postdoc-level researcher to join the CTMR team as a full-time bioinformatician. The applicant will take on a leading role in CTMR’s responsibilities in the large-scale ONCOBIOME project, which studies the connection between different types of cancer and the human microbiome. The position involves bioinformatics workflow development, as well as computational and biostatistical analyses of large-scale shotgun DNA sequencing data. The tasks include analysis and integration of human microbiome data with clinical metadata to identify biomarkers in clinical patient material. The bioinformatician will be heavily involved in design and implementation of the infrastructure configuration for establishing an efficient and sustainable sequencing workflow.The development work includes automating the majority of the sequence data analysis workflow. The successful applicant will also be working closely together with wet lab research engineers, to ensure high quality sample processing at all steps: DNA extraction, sequencing library preparation, sequencing, and finally data analysis.
This bioinformatics research position concerns the following main tasks:
Qualifications / Requirements
We are looking for an experienced postdoc-level candidate that completed his/her PhD within the last few years. You are a careful and detail-oriented person who is not afraid of responsibility. You enjoy working together in teams and are capable of close internal cooperation, as well as interacting with external collaborators that are experts in a wide variety of fields connected to our research. You have a strong desire to deliver high quality work, on time, and have experience working independently. We expect great familiarity with bioinformatics work in a Linux environment.
In addition, applicants must have:
Furthermore, it is beneficial if the applicant has:
We place great emphasis on personal suitability.
Entry requirements
Qualified to be employed as a postdoctor is one who has obtained a doctorate or has equivalent scientific competence.
Application process An employment application must contain the following documents in English or Swedish:
Interviews will be held continously during the application period. The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.
Type of employment | Temporary position |
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Contract type | Full time |
First day of employment | enl. ök |
Salary | månadslön |
Number of positions | 1 |
Full-time equivalent | 100% |
City | Solna |
County | Stockholms län |
Country | Sweden |
Reference number | 2-2138/2019 |
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Published | 04.Apr.2019 |
Last application date | 04.May.2019 11:59 PM CEST |