Karolinska Institutet, Dept. of oncology-pathology, Group Kallioniemi

At the Department of Oncology-Pathology basic, translational and clinical research and educational activities related to cancer is carried out. Approximately 300 people from over 40 nations are currently working at the department. About 30 research groups with various cancer research profiles are involved and we have around 110 PhD students. The Department of Oncology-Pathology is responsible for undergraduate courses in Pathology, Oncology and Forensic Medicine for medical students, as well as for Tumor biology courses for biomedicine students and Pathology courses for opticians.

The research group Olli Kallioniemi
This position is in the research group of Olli Kallioniemi, Director of Science for Life Laboratory, Professor of Molecular Precision Medicine at the Dept. Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet. Our group carries out systems medicine research, aiming to understand the etiology, molecular mechanisms, biomarkers and therapeutics of disease in an individualized manner. The research group works in close collaboration with clinicians and bioinformatics experts as well as with the high-throughput and -omics platforms at SciLifeLab. For more information: https://ki.se/en/onkpat/olli-kallioniemis-group

Qualifications
The successful applicant is expected to have two or more years of relevant experience in academia or industry in a suitable field such as computer science, bioinformatics, engineering, or related disciplines. This position is for a system developer or computational scientist and key aspects include providing reproducible access to big data and multi-omic datasets, statistics and visualization. Motivation to develop novel software, learn new programming languages and familiarity with statistical methods is desirable. We are looking for a self-driven applicant who has excellent interpersonal and communication skills in spoken and written English to match our dynamic, international, multidisciplinary and collaborative team.

Task description
This position provides an exciting opportunity to work in a leading research environment for precision and systems medicine research, in close collaboration with bioinformatic experts, IT- and data scientists from the SciLifeLab host universities. The tasks for this position involves handling large-scale data management, administration of databases and interaction with other IT experts for topic related to server, network, and hosting environments. Implementation and automation of analysis pipelines, user interface development along with design of data reports including visualizations and statistical analyses.

Desired qualification and experience

  • Relevant experience in academia or industry in computer science, computational biology, bioinformatics, engineering, physics or related disciplines.
  • Knowledge of at least one scripting language (Python or alternatively Ruby, Perl) is required, and knowledge of additional languages is desirable (Java, C/C++).
  • Experience in working in a Linux environment and knowledge of R are required.
  • Experience in using and developing relational and non-relational databases (MySql, MongoDB or neo4j)
  • Ability to develop web applications (i.e. back-end and front-end layers, including programmatic access APIs)
  • Ability to develop novel software to address scientific problems
  • Ability to learn new programming languages when required
  • Familiarity with statistical methods
  • Experience with cloud computing and Shiny is beneficial

Application process, salary and contract
An application must contain the following documents in English: Curriculum vitae, qualifications and description of previous work and vision of future goals, presented in accordance with Karolinska Institutet’s qualifications portfolio.
For more information: http://ki.se/qualificationsportfolio.

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system. The salary is defined according to the KI salary system. The contract starts with 6 months but there are good possibilities of extension. Preferred start date as soon as possible.

Type of employment Temporary position
Contract type Full time
First day of employment As soon as possible
Salary Månadslön
City Stockholm
County Stockholms län
Country Sweden
Reference number 2-3273/2018
Contact
  • Päivi Östling, 073 673 57 62, paivi.ostling@ki.se
  • Francesco Marabita, 072 037 71 32, francesco.marabita@ki.se
Union representative
  • Mimmi Shoshan, SACO, 08 517 754 60
  • Andreas Lundqvist, SACO, 08 517 768 84, andreas.lundqvist@ki.se
  • Helen Eriksson, OFR, 08 517 762 79
Published 08.Jun.2018
Last application date 31.Jul.2018 11:59 PM CEST

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