Bioinformatician for the Single-Cell Omics Platform

Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research

University of Copenhagen

We are seeking a bioinformatician to strengthen our abilities to draw robust biological inferences from large-scale data generated in the Single-Cell Omics Platform. The role is an exciting opportunity for ambitious candidates with a computational background to establish themselves in the field of genomics services. The start date is September 1, 2022, or after agreement.

The successful candidate will work in the Single-Cell Omics Platform that provides the Center’s researchers with cutting-edge bulk and single-cell transcriptomics and epigenetics techniques, using the state-of-the-art equipment, data science and machine learning approaches.

Background

The vision of the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research is to strengthen interdisciplinary research that transforms our basic understanding of the mechanisms underlying metabolic health and disease and apply this knowledge to new prevention and treatment strategies. Established in 2010, we moved into new laboratories, offices and meeting rooms in the Maersk Tower in 2017. The Center has approximately 260 employees who work across a wide range of biomedical disciplines in a highly collaborative, international research environment. You can read more about us here: www.cbmr.ku.dk .

About the Platform
The Single-Cell Omics Platform is an integral part of the Center and is embedded tightly into the Danish single-cell community. The team has a solid expertise in working with single-cell data, and currently comprises laboratory technicians, bioinformaticians, mathematicians and a platform manager.

You will work directly with many research groups on a daily basis and contribute to their research, which is often published in high impact scientific journals. See the latest publications and learn more about the platform here: https://cbmr.ku.dk/researchfacilities/single-cell-omics/ .

Your job

As a bioinformatician in the Single-Cell Omics Platform, you will be responsible for processing, analyzing, and interpreting single-cell transcriptomics data as well as developing and implementing new single-cell sequencing data workflows.

Primary tasks

• To develop and maintain computational workflows to process and analyze single-cell sequencing data.
• To apply the computational single-cell tools on primary data from research groups across the Center.

Your profile
Required education/skills

• A science degree in data science, applied math, applied statistics, bioinformatics, computer science, systems biology, biotechnology, or the like
• Solid programming skills in the scripting languages Python or R
• Experience with workflow management using environments like Targets or Snakemake
• Solid experience working with single-cell transcriptomics software such as Seurat or Scanpy
• Experience with computational tools for preprocessing of single-cell sequencing data
• Experience in using the Unix/Linux operating system

Personal skills

• Motivated and hardworking personality with good social skills
• Motivated to instruct researchers with less advanced programming skills in using the Platform’s computational workflows
• Fluent in written and spoken English is an absolute requirement

You may have:

• Experience in analyzing single-cell epigenetics data
• Experience in analyzing spatial transcriptomics data
• Experience working with data visualization
• Experience in working with machine learning techniques

We offer

• Creative and stimulating working conditions in a dynamic and international research environment.
• Highly motivated colleagues and the possibility to contribute to and co-author cutting-edge scientific publications
• Attractive employment conditions
• A centrally located workplace

Place of employment

The place of employment is at Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Maersk Tower, Faculty of Health h and Medical Sciences at University of Copenhagen.

Terms of salary and employment

The employment as bioinformatician is a full-time and permanent position. Expected starting is September 1, 2022, or after agreement. Employment will be in accordance with the provisions of the collective agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and AC (the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations) with the possibility to negotiate a salary supplement based on prior experiences and qualifications. Depending on experience and qualifications, the employment will be as either Academic Research Officer or Research Consultant.

Questions

For further questions about the job description and qualifications, please contact Platform manager Mie Mechta at [email protected] . For questions regarding the recruitment procedure, please contact SUND HR CBMR at [email protected] .

Application

Your application in English include:

• Motivation letter
• Curriculum Vitae
• Copies of relevant certificates of education

Please submit your application by clicking on “Apply Now” below. Only online applications will be accepted.

Application deadline: 16 June 2022, 23.59 CET

We reserve the right not to consider material received after the deadline, and not to consider applications that do not live up to the abovementioned requirements.

The University of Copenhagen wishes to reflect the diversity of society and welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.

Part of the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU), and among Europe’s top-ranking universities, the University of Copenhagen promotes research and teaching of the highest international standard. Rich in tradition and modern in outlook, the University gives students and staff the opportunity to cultivate their talent in an ambitious and informal environment. An effective organisation – with good working conditions and a collaborative work culture – creates the ideal framework for a successful academic career.