Genomic Reference Catalogue Scientist

Københavns Universitet; København; On-site; DKK 450,000 - 580,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Copenhagen invites applications for a highly motivated informatician to join CAEG/AEGIS to develop large-scale genomic reference catalogues for environmental and ancient DNA research. The position starts 1 November 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.

You will identify, curate, and expand collections of genomes from public repositories and integrate them into versioned catalogue releases, building automated workflows in HPC environments and ensuring quality and traceability

Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in bioinformatics, CS, computational biology, genomics, data science, or a related field.
• Strong programming skills in Python and Unix shell scripting.
• Experience working with genomic sequence data and FASTA-based resources.
• Experience developing automated and reproducible computational workflows.
• Experience with version control systems such as Git.
• Familiarity with HPC environments and queue-management systems such as Slurm.
• Ability to work independently and effectively in interdisciplinary teams.
• Strong written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Systematically identify and acquire genomes and other relevant FASTA resources from public repositories and scientific initiatives.
• Build, curate, document, version, and continuously expand large-scale genomic reference catalogues.
• Develop automated and reproducible workflows for resource discovery, download, processing, quality control, and catalogue construction.
• Assess sequence and assembly quality and identify contamination, redundancy, taxonomic inconsistencies, and other potential problems.
• Curate, adapt, and develop small bioinformatic programs where existing tools are insufficient.
• Process very large sequence collections using high-performance computing systems.
• Collaborate with researchers to ensure that the catalogues meet the scientific needs of environmental DNA, ancient DNA, metagenomic, and biodiversity research.
• Contribute to software development, computational analyses, workflows, and other activities within the informatics group.

Skills

Python

Unix shell scripting

Genomic data

FASTA resources

Workflow automation

Git

Snakemake

Nextflow

HPC (Slurm)

Team collaboration

Education

Master's or PhD in bioinformatics or related field

Tools

Snakemake

Nextflow

Git

Slurm

Job description

University of Copenhagen invites applications for a highly motivated informatician to join CAEG/AEGIS to develop large-scale genomic reference catalogues for environmental and ancient DNA research. The position starts 1 November 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.

You will identify, curate, and expand collections of genomes from public repositories and integrate them into versioned catalogue releases, building automated workflows in HPC environments and ensuring quality and traceability