Analista bioinformático (R/Python) en Alemania

Bioinformatics Analyst - EvoCELL Short term Early Stage Researcher (MSCA)

About the team/job

The EvoCELL network comprises 11 European partner laboratories joining
forces to elucidate the evolution of animal cell types by comparative
whole-body single-cell RNA-seq approaches. We are looking for a skilled
bioinformatician to set up and coordinate the bioinformatic work, which
is key to the success of this innovative and exciting project.

Your role

The successful candidate will help analyse and build tools for the
analysis and integration of single cell RNAseq data collected from diverse
marine animals by laboratories of the EvoCELL network. The researcher will
be hosted in the Arendt lab at EMBL (Heidelberg, Germany) and cooperate
with all EvoCELL labs across Europe. The project will entail testing
and developing bioinformatic tools that allow tracking cell types and
cell type families across animal phylogeny.

The network, coordinated by EMBL Heidelberg, brings together 8 academic
and 2 non-academic organizations from 6 European countries, including
a company and a museum. Partners have complementary expertise in
evolutionary developmental biology (EvoDevo), bioinformatics, functional
neurobiology, and palaeontology. In this unique environment the researcher
will also have the opportunity to take part in the network training
activities and benefit from established collaborations.

You have

The 24 months position is part of the EvoCELL Marie Sk??odowska-Curie
Innovative Training Network started in 2018 (www.evocell-itn.eu). The
ideal candidate should have experience writing code in Python and R,
as well as well as basic experience with Linux environments and web
development frameworks (e.g.  MySQL, Javascript, Django, D3, etc.). Prior
experience with phylogenetics, particularly working with resources such
as ETE Toolkit and the eggNOG database, or analyzing RNAseq data in an
evolutionary context is strongly preferred.

Working language is English, therefore proficiency in this language
is required.

Eligibility Criteria
- In order to be eligible to apply for this position, candidates should
  have completed their
- Master studies (or the degree that allows them to embark in a PhD in
  their country of origin or in the hosting country), not longer than 4
  years from the start of the fellowship.

At the time of recruitment, the candidate must not have resided or
carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country
of their recruiting organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years
immediately prior to start of the project. Short stays such as holidays
and/or compulsory national service are not taken into account. Candidates
can be of any nationality, but are required to undertake transnational
mobility. Candidates should ideally possess a Master???s degree in a
relevant academic field, or a degree that allows them to embark in a
PhD. Candidates must be within the first four years of their research
career. Applications from candidates who already possess a doctoral
degree will not be considered. Furthermore, this short term position
does not lead to a PhD at EMBL.

Why join us

EMBL is an inclusive, equal opportunity employer offering attractive
conditions and benefits appropriate to an international research
organisation with a very collegial and family friendly working
environment. The remuneration package comprises froma competitive salary,
a comprehensive pension scheme, medical, educational and other social
benefits, as well as financial support for relocation and installation,
including your family and the availability of an excellent child care
facility on campus.

What else you need to know

We are Europe???s flagship research laboratory for the life sciences
??? an intergovernmental organisation performing scientific research in
disciplines including molecular biology, physics, chemistry and computer
science. We are an international, innovative and interdisciplinary
laboratory with more than 1600 employees from many nations, operating
across six sites, in Heidelberg (HQ), Barcelona, Hinxton near Cambridge,
Hamburg, Grenoble and Rome.

Our mission is to offer vital services in training scientists, students
and visitors at all levels; to develop new instruments and methods in
the life sciences and actively engage in technology transfer activities,
and to integrate European life science research.

Please note that appointments on fixed term contracts can be renewed,
depending on circumstances at the time of the review.

Detlev Arendt
Group Leader and Senior Scientist
ERC Investigator
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
69012 Heidelberg
Germany
+49-6221-3878624
arendt@embl.de