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Applications are invited for the above post to join the Gibson Team. The Gibson team develops and applies biological software tools in the analysis of protein data. An important activity of the group is to interface with experimental research groups at EMBL. The post-holder will be the focal point in providing bioinformatics support to the experimental researchers at EMBL. In this context, it is expected that the post-holder will organise a minimum of 4 bioinformatics/computational training courses per year.
Your role
The position is part of the EMBL Bio-IT project https://bio-it.embl.de/, a community-driven initiative to support the development and technical capacity of the diverse bio-computational community at EMBL. As one of the key members of this project, the post-holder will work closely with other members of Bio-IT to develop and/or organise various bioinformatics training courses, community-oriented outreach activities, community assessment tasks, and consulting. Through active communication and collaboration with many bioinformatics service experts at EMBL Heidelberg (e.g. the Computational Centres covering statistics, networks, image analysis, and systems models), the post-holder will help expand and maintain a lively network of bioinformaticians throughout the institute.
In addition, EMBL is a partner in the de.NBI (German Network for Bioinformatics Infrastructure) consortium which constitutes the ELIXIR Germany node. The post-holder will interact with individuals from de.NBI/ELIXIR to collaborate and jointly organise training and outreach activities. The post-holder will also have opportunities to attend and present at relevant conferences and events.
This is a highly collaborative role that provides diverse opportunities to engage with and support the scientific community while developing your own leadership skills. As well as being able to communicate and work well within a team, initiative, flexibility and willingness to learn will complete your profile.
You have
- Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or related fields, or equivalent experience
- Knowledge of a range of bioinformatics tools to provide support and training
- Familiarity with one or multiple programming/scripting languages such as Bash, Python, R
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience of working at the interface between biology and computation
- Experience in organising and teaching scientific/technical workshops
- Interest in learning from other research communities of practices
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