Postdoctoral Research Assistant for the Bioinformatics Unit ( AIPOSBIOINFCAM25II)

CNIO; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 40.000 - 65.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading European Cancer Research Centre is seeking a highly motivated post-doctoral bioinformatician. The role involves collecting, analyzing, and interpreting biological and clinical data with a focus on high-throughput sequencing. Candidates should have a PhD in Bioinformatics or related field, experience in cancer data analysis, and proficiency in scripting languages. Competitive salary and social benefits are offered.

Servicios

Competitive salary

Flexible compensation (Health insurance, meals, transportation, childcare)

Excellent working, multidisciplinary environment

Formación

• PhD and MSc level in Bioinformatics or similar.
• Practical experience in high-throughput cancer genome data analysis.
• Experience developing bioinformatics tools for analyzing cancer genomics data is a plus.
• Strong background in GNU / Linux cluster environments.

Responsabilidades

• Work on collection, analysis, and interpretation of biological/clinical data.
• Design data analysis strategies for high-throughput sequencing data.

Conocimientos

High-throughput cancer genome data analysis

Proficiency in scripting languages (Java, Python, Shell)

Experience with bioinformatics toolkits (Bioconductor)

Ability to collaborate in a multidisciplinary environment

Proficiency in English

Educación

PhD or MSc in Bioinformatics or similar

Descripción del empleo

Descripción

The Bioinformatics Unit within the Cancer Genomics programme is seeking to recruit a highly motivated and talented post-doctoral bioinformatician. The selected candidate will work in the collection, analysis and interpretation of biological / clinical data, with a focus on high-throughput sequencing data. He or She will design data analysis strategies and develop and use computational tools for the exploration of large cancer data set.

Criterios de evaluación

• PhD and MsC level in Bioinformatics or similar.
• Practical experience in high-throughput cancer genome data analysis (next-generation sequencing, gene expression, etc) with proved expertise in single-cell and spatial transcriptomics and familiarity with widely used genomic databases and software.
• Experience developing bioinformatics tools for analyzing cancer genomics data will be plus.
• Strong background and experience with GNU / Linux cluster environments and using scripting and programming languages such as Java, Python or Shell script as well as proficiency with bioinformatics toolkits such as Bioconductor (within the R statistical programming environment).
• Proficiency in both written and spoken English required.
• Ability to perform collaborative research in a highly multi-disciplinary environment (molecular biologists, medical doctors, computer scientists, and technical staff).

Se ofrece

• The opportunity to be part of one of the few European Cancer Research Centres of excellence.
• An excellent working, multidisciplinary environment.
• Competitive salary.
• Social benefits. Flexible compensation (Health insurance, meals, transportation, childcare).
• Contract linked to the project “Estudio de la heterogeneidad celular y del entorno inmunológico en las patologías Tiroideas : cáncer y enfermedad autoinmune (P2022 / BMD-7379, iTIRONET-CM), de la Convocatoria de Programas de Investigación en Biomedicina 2022 de la Comunidad de Madrid.