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The Department of Biomedicine at Faculty of Health at Aarhus University invites applications for two positions as Analyst and Data Managers within bioinformatics as per 1 November 2023, or as soon as possible thereafter. The positions are 3-year full-time positions.
We are seeking two dedicated new colleagues to help analyze and manage the large iPSYCH data collection within the scope of defined and time-limited tasks. If you have a master’s degree or a ph.d. in bioinformatics, computer science, statistics or similar and a fondness for data, you may be one of the colleagues we are looking for.
Your job responsibilities
As analyst and data manager, you will be running analyses of large genomics and health-related data on the GenomeDK supercomputer and assisting scientist in conducting their research. You will be part of a team responsible for analysing, developing and maintaining the iPSYCH data collection and making sure that it stays an important resource for researchers inside and outside of Denmark. The iPSYCH data collection is a resource unique on the World, which was established to study the major psychiatric disorders. It holds information form health registries, chip genotypes, exome sequence data, methylation data and other OMICs data on approximately 140.000 individuals. For more about iPSYCH, see below.
You will report to Associate Professor Jakob Grove and Professor Anders Børglum.
Your competences
You will have to answer confirmatory to as many as possible of the following statements:
- Experienced in programming bash, R and/or python
- Experience with high performance computing
- Experience doing statistical analyses of large data sets
- Experience with analyses of common genetic variants and relevant software
- Experience with analysis of rare genetic variants and relevant tools
- Experience with other omics data
- have good communication skills, a team-oriented, collaborative spirit and able to contribute to a good work environment.
- be fluent in oral and written English.
Questions about the position
If you have any questions about the position, please contact Associate professor Jakob Grove by email grove@biomed.au.dk and Professor Anders Børglum by email anders@biomed.au.dk.
Your place of work will be the Department of Department of Biomedicine, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 10, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
We expect to conduct interviews in week 38.
Department of Biomedicine
The Department of Biomedicine prioritises diversity and a good work environment, as this is a prerequisite for groundbreaking research. In a diverse and international research environment, dedicated employees are looking to generate new knowledge within biomedical research areas such as infection and inflammation, membranes, neuroscience and personalised medicine. The Department of Biomedicine provides research-based teaching of the highest quality and is responsible for a large part of the medical degree programme. Academic staff contribute to the teaching. English is the preferred language in the laboratory, at meetings and at seminars. The department employs approx. 500 people from all over the world, and they make use of the department's modern laboratory-, core- and animal facilities. The Department of Biomedicine focuses on innovation, entrepreneurship and collaboration with business and industry, and numerous researchers from the department have established companies to develop new medicinal treatments founded in professional scientific basic research. You can read more about the department here and about the faculty here.
iPSYCH
The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research (iPSYCH) was established in 2012 by funding from the Lundbeck Foundation of 121 million DKK for an initial three-year period – the largest grant ever to Danish psychiatric research – and extended for another six years to a total of 361 million DKK. iPSYCH goals was to investigate causes and consequences of five mental disorders (autism, ADHD, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression) capitalizing on the comprehensive Danish civil and health registers and nationwide biobanks to provide population structure, clinical information and biomaterial for multi-OMICs analysis. In the process, a wealth of data has been produced through which the work continues. You can read more about iPSYCH here.
Terms of employment
Terms of employment and pay are regulated by between the Ministry of Taxation and relevant collective agreement..
Application
Your application must include the following:
- Motivated application
- Curriculum Vitae
- Indication of education (a copy of the diplomas should be uploaded)
- References/recommendations can be uploaded separately in the recruitment system
We refer to the faculty’s Guideline for applicants.
Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants.
The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.
Aarhus University
Aarhus University is an academically diverse and research-intensive university with a strong commitment to high-quality research and education and the development of society nationally and globally. The university offers an inspiring research and teaching environment to its 38,000 students (FTEs) and 8,300 employees, and has an annual revenues of EUR 935 million. Learn more at www.international.au.dk/
INFORMATIONER OM STILLINGEN:
- Arbejdspladsen ligger i:
Aarhus Kommune
-Virksomheden tilbyder:
-Arbejdsgiver:
Aarhus Universitet, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 10, 8000 Aarhus C
-Ansøgning:
Ansøgningsfrist: 07-09-2023; - ansøgningsfristen er overskredet
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