Vacancy: Bioinformatician (Metabolomics) at the IPB Halle

August 17, 2015, 08:25:12 AM

The IPB is an international research institute located on the Weinberg-campus in Halle and provides state-of-the-art facilities for research in bioinformatics, metabolomics and plant biochemistry.

The research group “Bioinformatics and Mass Spectrometry” in the department of Stress- and Developmental Biology at the Leibniz-Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB) is seeking applications by highly motivated candidates for a position as research assistant. In the context of the EU project PhenoMeNal you will work on the integration of existing computational metabolomics methods into efficient and versatile workflows, and their execution on local and European grid infrastructures.

You should hold a diploma or masters degree in bioinformatics or computer science, with experience in algorithm and software engineering and statistics. You are able to program in the statistics framework R, and have worked in Java or C/C++. Knowledge in metabolomics or Grid-/Cloud computing would be an advantage. The position is limited to 3 years, and available from 01.10.2015.

Payment is according to local regulations TV-L.

Further information is available from the institute's homepage http://www.ipb-halle.de/en/, for inquires please contact Dr. Steffen Neumann, telephone: +49 345 5582-1470, e-Mail: bewerbungen@ipb-halle.de