Statistical and population Geneticist
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Update day: 24-04-2024
Category: IT - Software
Industry: Enseignement et formation
Job type: Temps plein, Durée déterminée
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Your mission :
The Auwerx lab (LISP) is heavily focused on mouse and human genetics, as well as systems biology, applied to large C. elegans,mouse genetic reference populations and large human populations (e.g. UKBB, Estonian biobank, etc). We are looking for a dynamic geneticist with great experience in statistical genetics and/or computational bioinformatics to complement and support our multi-disciplinary team of scientists. The candidate should have strong background in population genetics, statistics and programming, as well as a keen interest in human disease patho-physiology. He/she will be working in close collaborations with a team of systems biologists and physiologists, as well as medical experts and the biopharma industry.
- Establish reproducible pipelines and best practices for genetic and omic data analyses.
- Using the above pipeline, iInterrogate human genetic datasets as a complement to mouse and worm system genetics results from the laboratory.
- Coordinate the biological validation and translation of the results in coordination with a team of bio-medical specialists.
- PhD in genetics, biomedical sciences, bioinformatics or relevant fields.
- Excellent understanding of biology for interpretation of results.
- Hands on experience with large sequencing, genotypic and phenotypic datasets. Experience with other omics data is considered a plus.
- Good knowledge of statistical, computational and machine learning methods for handling high dimensional datasets.
- Good programming proficiency as well as fluency in python and/or R.
- Familiarity with Linux/Unix.
- Experience in HPC, cloud computing, and container technologies are considered a plus.
- Unprecedented access to big data (genetic, phenomic, and molecular datasets) across multiple organisms including human data.
- The chance to work with a multidisciplinary team of scientists and developers.
Start date :
Expected start date would be 01.04.2022
Term of employment :
Fixed-term (CDD)
Work rate :
100%
Duration :
24 months
Remark :
Only candidates who applied through EPFL website or our partner Jobup’s website will be considered. Files sent by agencies without a mandate will not be taken into account.
Reference :
Job Nb 2115
Deadline: 08-06-2024
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