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Uppsala University is seeking a bioinformatician to join the National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden (NBIS) to support various research projects. This role involves processing biological data and developing innovative bioinformatics solutions in a collaborative environment. Candidates must have a PhD and substantial experience in sequence-based bioinformatics, with strong programming skills in Python amongst other requirements.
2025-06-23
Bioinformatician
Are you interested in working with bioinformatics, with the support of competent and friendly colleagues in an international environment? Are you looking for an employer that invests in sustainable employeeship and offers safe, favorable working conditions? We welcome you to apply for a position as a bioinformatician at Uppsala University.
National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden (NBIS), https://nbis.se, plays an important role in advancing life science research in Sweden by providing expert support and developing cutting-edge bioinformatics infrastructure. Operating as a truly national initiative, NBIS employs more than 120 bioinformaticians, system developers, and data stewards across multiple locations in Sweden. It serves as the bioinformatics platform at SciLifeLab, a national resource that facilitates research in molecular biosciences by offering access to state-of-the-art technologies and technical expertise. With strong ties to data-producing facilities and ongoing collaborations with leading research groups, NBIS is ideally positioned to support world-class bioinformatics analyses. Furthermore, NBIS is the Swedish node in ELIXIR, the European infrastructure for biological information.
NBIS is seeking an experienced bioinformatician to support Swedish research projects. As part of our dynamic team, you will work closely with researchers to process large-scale biological data and contribute to advancing our data analysis infrastructure. Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and good communication skills are essential for success in this role. Flexibility and a willingness to learn are also important, as NBIS continually adapts to meet the evolving needs of the Swedish research community.
This position is based at Uppsala University at ICM (Department of cell and molecular biology), within the creative environment of the SciLifeLab Uppsala node, "The Hub," where over 50 NBIS bioinformaticians, developers, and data stewards collaborate alongside other SciLifeLab facilities and research groups. At NBIS, you will be part of a team, with ample opportunities to share ideas, learn from colleagues, and grow professionally through internal courses and exciting projects.
Duties
Your responsibilities will include supporting various research projects with hands-on bioinformatics analyses and development. The position is in the Evolution and Biodiversity team at NBIS and could involve analyses typical for that research field, but could also involve other types of analyses. A high technical proficiency and adaptability is therefore important for this position. You will mostly be working projects selected in a scientifically ranked peer-review process, but other types of projects could also be included. Work can include, but is not limited to, development of pipelines in Nextflow or Snakemake, scripting in Python and/or R, and running large-scale analyses efficiently in HPC-environments. The work will also require a high level of reproducibility, and experience of tools that enable reproducibility such as Git and containers are therefore of importance. NBIS also has an extensive course catalog and you will have the opportunity to participate in teaching at advanced level (PhD level and up).
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