A position for a Bioinformatician, for two years with the possibility for an extension of five years, is available from June 1, 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter. The successful applicant will be associated with the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate www.macroecology.ku.dk within the Natural History Museum of Denmark.
The selected candidate will work in collaboration with CMEC scientists on research lines aiming at assessing past and current population dynamics and extinction processes and how can this knowledge about the past help to better predict the future impacts of global change in biological diversity.
The successful candidate will provide bioinformatics with the main tasks of downloading, managing and analyzing phylogeographic/population genetic data from public databases (GENBANK, NCBI, EMBL), with the aim of building a phylogeographic dataset for a variety of different taxa (plants and animals) across different biomes. The bioinformatician will also work together with a PhD student and a post-doctoral researcher to implement population genetic and phylogeographic analyses, and will provide support for other bioinformatic needs as they arise. Experience in managing and maintaining clusters and/or multi-core large workstations is needed.
The successful candidate will have an MsC or a PhD title in population genetics, molecular biology or computer science. Applicants must have experience in gathering large dataset from public DNA database, including NGS datasets. Experience with bioinformatics tools like BIO++ or BIOPearl would clearly be an advantage. The successful applicant will be competent in the programming languages Perl, Java, Python, C or C++ and demonstrable experience working in UNIX/Linux environments. We will also strongly consider applicants with in bioinformatics, phylogenetic and statistical phylogeographic analyses, including likelihood-based, Bayesian coalescent modeling (such as ABC and HABC models).
The bioinformatician will be employed by the University of Copenhagen, Natural History Museum and will work at the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate (CMEC), a Center of Excellence directly funded by the Danish National Research Foundation and comprising 40 researchers from 16 different countries working on multi-disciplinary research line http://macroecology.ku.dk . Within CMEC, the Phylogeography and Extinction Theme is a key area of research focus over the next few years.
CMEC is part of the Natural History Museum of Denmark, a dynamic research environment containing different Centers of Excellence and a successful track record of graduating Masters and PhD students and hosting postdoctoral researchers from all over Europe, North America and Asia.
For more information on the position or the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, or to submit an application, click here: http://macroecology.ku.dk/opportunities_new/ (When you reach the job portal, tick the research/science box.)
Applicants seeking further information are invited to contact: Associate Professor David Nogués-Bravo, phone +45 35321314 email: [email protected]
Applications should be submitted no later than 10 May 2013.
The selected candidate will work in collaboration with CMEC scientists on research lines aiming at assessing past and current population dynamics and extinction processes and how can this knowledge about the past help to better predict the future impacts of global change in biological diversity.
The successful candidate will provide bioinformatics with the main tasks of downloading, managing and analyzing phylogeographic/population genetic data from public databases (GENBANK, NCBI, EMBL), with the aim of building a phylogeographic dataset for a variety of different taxa (plants and animals) across different biomes. The bioinformatician will also work together with a PhD student and a post-doctoral researcher to implement population genetic and phylogeographic analyses, and will provide support for other bioinformatic needs as they arise. Experience in managing and maintaining clusters and/or multi-core large workstations is needed.
The successful candidate will have an MsC or a PhD title in population genetics, molecular biology or computer science. Applicants must have experience in gathering large dataset from public DNA database, including NGS datasets. Experience with bioinformatics tools like BIO++ or BIOPearl would clearly be an advantage. The successful applicant will be competent in the programming languages Perl, Java, Python, C or C++ and demonstrable experience working in UNIX/Linux environments. We will also strongly consider applicants with in bioinformatics, phylogenetic and statistical phylogeographic analyses, including likelihood-based, Bayesian coalescent modeling (such as ABC and HABC models).
The bioinformatician will be employed by the University of Copenhagen, Natural History Museum and will work at the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate (CMEC), a Center of Excellence directly funded by the Danish National Research Foundation and comprising 40 researchers from 16 different countries working on multi-disciplinary research line http://macroecology.ku.dk . Within CMEC, the Phylogeography and Extinction Theme is a key area of research focus over the next few years.
CMEC is part of the Natural History Museum of Denmark, a dynamic research environment containing different Centers of Excellence and a successful track record of graduating Masters and PhD students and hosting postdoctoral researchers from all over Europe, North America and Asia.
For more information on the position or the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, or to submit an application, click here: http://macroecology.ku.dk/opportunities_new/ (When you reach the job portal, tick the research/science box.)
Applicants seeking further information are invited to contact: Associate Professor David Nogués-Bravo, phone +45 35321314 email: [email protected]
Applications should be submitted no later than 10 May 2013.