Bioinformatician with interest in antimicrobial resistance surveillance (two year fixed-term employment)

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Are you passionate about bioinformatics and with an interest in antimicrobial resistance and impacting public health? Then you might be our new colleague in the National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance at Statens Serum Institut.

About us
We are currently looking for a bioinformatician to analyse and report our WGS based surveillance results from antimicrobial resistant-microorganisms to the Regional Hospitals and to develop pipelines to assist in our task of microbial surveillance and research in public health. The position mainly includes work related to some of the major antimicrobial-resistant pathogens conferring infections in hospitals.

The position is located in the National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance as part of the Department for Bacteria, Parasites and Fungi. The department's purpose includes monitoring bacterial infections in humans, monitoring antibiotic resistance in bacteria and providing specialized diagnostic testing. The department consists of multiple specialties: bioinformaticians, data scientists, software developers, epidemiologists, medical doctors, veterinarians, microbiologists, molecular biologists, and laboratory technicians.

About the position
You will primarily be responsible for the handling of whole genome-sequencing (WGS) results as well as developing and maintaining python scripts and various software tools to support the microbiological antimicrobial resistance surveillance tasks, thereby taking it to the next level.

The main tasks will be analyzing and reporting WGS results from the National surveillance, streamlining of data pipelines, maintenance, and development of existing SQL databases. It will include coordination with stakeholders that include data scientists, epidemiologists, medical doctors, and IT experts both inside and outside Statens Serum Institut.

Your responsibilities will include supporting bioinformatics expertise in the surveillance of antimicrobial-resistant microorganisms and handling technical issues and coordinating with our IT department.

Education, experience and personal qualifications
You have a master's degree in Bioinformatics and at least 3 years of experience working with bioinformatics. Ideally, you will master most of the points below (in prioritized order).

  • Experience in using Unix and Python. Preferable programming skills in Python and R
  • Experience in analyzing whole genome-sequence data using bioinformatic tools
  • Knowledge of database structure, Microsoft Access, and SQL
  • Knowledge within the field of microorganisms and antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
  • Experience with scientific and popular science writing is an advantage.

You are passionate about good software practices, including documentation, and keen to do some system administration and user support tasks. Bioinformatics pipelining experience is a bonus and well as familiarity with WGS (Illumina and nanopore).

You are good at identifying issues and proposing solutions and enjoy learning new skills as part of your job. Furthermore, you have strong communication skills.

Inspiring colleagues and flexible working conditions
You will work with various scientific disciplines in close collaboration with medical experts in an inspiring workplace. You will be a part of an institute offering flexible working conditions and the opportunity to work with pressing issues as part of a modern public health system.

We are a family friendly workplace with a 37-hour working week incl. lunch break. In addition to this, we have an active sports association (IK-SERA) with exercise rooms, a staff association and an affiliated kindergarten. We are located in Copenhagen with good public transport options (bus and metro).

Terms of employment
Depending on your educational background salary and appointment terms will be based on the collective agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and the Danish Federation of Professional Associations (AC) (overenskomst for akademikere i staten).

The during is fixed-term to two years starting from December 1st, 2021 till November 30th, 2023.

Are you interested?
For further information about the positions, please contact Head of Section Anders Rhod Larsen for more information, tel. +45 3268 8141.

Application and recruitment process

Click “apply” to send your job application with curriculum vitae and diploma/exam certificates no later than November 10th, 2021. The first round of interviews is expected to be held during weeks 45-46.

Kilde: Jobnet.dk


Information og data

Denne ledige stilling har jobtypen "Biolog", og befinder sig i kategorien "Sundhed og forskning".

Arbejdsstedet er beliggende i København S.

Jobbet er oprettet på vores service den 28.10.2021, men kan have været deaktiveret og genaktiveret igen.

Dagligt opdateret: Dette job opdateres dagligt ud fra jobudbyderens hjemmeside via vores søgemaskineteknologi og er aktivt lige nu.
  • Biolog
  • København S
  • Onsdag den 10. november 2021

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