Job Code: 04-2024
Job Offer from March 13, 2024
The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plön is an internationally oriented institution whose research focuses on the principles, mechanisms and effects of evolutionary change. Around 180 employees from more than 30 nations currently work at our institute in the departments of Theoretical Biology and Microbial Population Biology, as well as in a number of independent research groups.
We are looking for a new member of staff to join our Bioinformatics Group, a Bioinformatician (m/f/d) in Comparative Genomics.
This is a permanent, full-time position, part-time is possible.
The Bioinformatics Group at the MPI Plön works on fast methods for genome comparison using string algorithms. Examples of the group’s work include a tool for phylogenomics, phylonium , and a tool for finding diagnostic regions from genome sequences, fur .
Your responsibilities
- Contribute to scientific publications
- Optimize the performance of software developed in the group and specify new functionality
- Deliver software developed in the group through package repositories and docker images
- Identify and benchmark state-of-the-art genomics tools for integration in the research carried out by the group
- Provide user support for software developed in the group
- Contribute to the teaching offered by the group
Your profile
- PhD or MSc in Bioinformatics or Computer Science
- Excellent skills in genome analysis on the Unix command line and in R
- Excellent ability to act and communicate both independently and in a team-oriented manner
- Strong experience in high-throughput or high-performance computing
- Experience in versioning with git
- Experience in building docker images
- Fluency in English
Our offer
- A stimulating interdisciplinary and highly international working environment
- Flexible working hours (flexitime)
- Plenty of room for creativity
- Opportunities for further training
- Remuneration according to your qualifications and professional experience in accordance with the collective agreement for the public sector (TVöD Bund) up to remuneration level E13
Please direct any inquiries to Prof. Dr. Bernhard Haubold, [email protected] .
The Max Planck Society has set itself the goal of employing more severely disabled people. Applications from severely disabled people are expressly encouraged. In addition, the Max Planck Society strives for gender equality and diversity. We welcome applications from all backgrounds. Furthermore, the Max Planck Society aims to increase the proportion of women in areas where they are underrepresented. Women are therefore strongly encouraged to apply.
Your application
Please send your written application by 12.04.2024 by e-mail as a summarized PDF file to: [email protected] . We expressly waive the submission of photographs/application photos and therefore ask you to refrain from doing so.
Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionsbiologie (Verwaltung)
August-Thienemann-Str. 2, 24306 Plön
Please kindly understand that we will not return any applications sent to us.