Bioinformatician (Microbiology)

VHIR; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 32.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading biomedical research institute in Barcelona is seeking a motivated bioinformatician to study viral genomics. The candidate will work on bioinformatics pipelines, support ongoing research, and optimise existing workflows. Requirements include a degree in Bioinformatics, fluency in Catalan, Spanish, and English, and at least 2 years of experience in viral genomics. Competitive salary and excellent working conditions are offered.

Servicios

Flexible working hours

23 days of holidays

Corporate Benefits

Formación

• Proven experience in bioinformatics applied to viral genomics (minimum of 2 years).
• Expertise in sequence analysis interpretation and visualization of NGS results.
• Experience downloading and analysing publicly available -omics databases.

Responsabilidades

• Support ongoing bioinformatics work in the Virology Section.
• Develop and apply bioinformatics methods to support multiple projects.
• Assist in the computational analysis of virus genomic data.

Conocimientos

Fluency in Catalan Spanish and English

Advanced programming skills (R, Python3, bash)

Good management skills

Written and oral communication skills

Educación

Degree or masters in Bioinformatics

Herramientas

SQL PL / SQL

Descripción del empleo

The Virology Section is seeking a highly motivated bioinformatician to study the genetic features diversity and evolution of respiratory viruses and other viral agents from a bioinformatics perspective. This position has been updated to reflect a more senior role requiring proven experience in viral genomics analysis and the development of bioinformatics pipelines.

Education and qualifications

Required:

• Academic background in biosciences with a degree or masters in Bioinformatics.
• Fluency in Catalan Spanish and English (business level; official language certification would be an asset).

Experience and knowledge

Required:

• Proven experience in bioinformatics applied to viral genomics (minimum of 2 years).
• Expertise in sequence analysis interpretation and visualization of NGS results (quality filtering de novo assembly reference mapping variant calling phylogenetic analyses).
• Experience downloading and analysing publicly available -omics databases.
• Advanced programming skills (including at least R Python3 and bash) and proficiency in running programs from the command line.
• Experience working with and developing databases (e.g. SQL PL / SQL).
• Written and oral communication skills in both computational and experimental areas.
• Good management skills including analytical organizational and time management.
• Highly motivated proactive responsible and well-organized with strong teamwork skills.

Desired:

• Experience in optimizing and parallelizing pipelines.
• Experience working on remote servers.
• Previous experience in genetic characterization of viruses.
• Knowledge of viral genetics of respiratory agents and their role in pathogenesis.
• Willingness to learn new skills.

Main responsibilities and duties

• Support ongoing bioinformatics work in the Virology Section.
• Execute and where possible optimise existing pipelines.
• Develop and apply bioinformatics methods to support multiple projects in the field of microbiology.
• Assist in the development implementation and computational analysis of virus genomic data.
• Design and maintain databases and sequence repositories.
• Co-author publications within the context of a virology research group.
• Collaborate on other projects within the microbiology research group.
• Supervise junior staff and students.
• Lead the design of new bioinformatics pipelines.
• Participate in project management.

Labour conditions

• Full-time position : 40h / week.
• Starting date : immediate.
• Gross annual salary : 32.000 euros. Salary ranges are consistent with our Collective Agreement pay scale).
• Contract : Technical and scientific activities contract linked to the project activities.

What we can offer

• Incorporation to Vall dHebron Research Institute (VHIR) a public sector institution that promotes and develops the biomedical research innovation and teaching at Vall dHebron University Hospital (HUVH) the biggest hospital of Barcelona and the largest of Catalan Institute of Health (ICS).
• A scientific environment of excellence highly dynamic where high-end biomedical projects are continuously developed.
• Continuous learning and a wide range of responsibilities within a stimulating work environment.
• Individual training opportunities.
• Flexible working hours.
• 23 days of holidays 9 personal days.
• Flexible Remuneration Program (including dining checks health insurance transportation and more)
• Corporate Benefits : platform through which you can obtain significant discounts on travel culture technology gastronomy sports... among many others.
• Healthy Offering : choose from a variety of wellbeing focused activities to be the healthiest you.

Deadline to apply :

VHIR embraces Equality and Diversity. As reflected in our values we work toward ensuring inclusion and equal opportunity in recruitment hiring training and management for all staff within the organization regardless of gender civil status family status sexual orientation gender identity and expression religion age functional diversity or ethnicity.

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Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1