Biological Data Scientist
European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) · Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, DE
Your role Your role involves conducting own independent research projects, engagement in scientific collaborations, as well as generic bioinformatics and dat...
Job description
Your role Your role involves conducting own independent research projects, engagement in scientific collaborations, as well as generic bioinformatics and data analysis support of the group. Research questions include, but are not limited to, microbial functional genomics, modelling metabolic interactions, and building predictive models of microbiome functions. Your tasks will include development and maintenance of bioinformatics software for different research projects, adaptation of existing code and pipelines, and providing programming and statistics support to the group members. The position involves large scale data handling from mass-spectrometry and sequencing experiments (metabolomics, proteomics, NGS), and establishing infrastructure and data management systems within the group and externally. You have: -a Ph.D. degree or equivalent working experience in bioinformatics, computational biology, biostatistics, or related subjects -substantial experience in scientific computing and/or software development -experience with large-scale data management and analysis -advanced skills in a high level programming language (>2 years of experience) -experience in data analysis, statisti...