Associate Professor in Metagenomics and Bioinformatics

The Department of Bio and Health Informatics at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU Bioinformatics) has its main research and teaching activities in bio-medical and bio-technological informatics, metagenomics, epidemiology, integrative systems biology and machine learning. The research at DTU Bioinformatics is focused on bioinformatics and computational analyses of large amounts of data generated within biological, biomedical and biotechnological and life sciences area.

We strive to gain new knowledge and drive innovation in human, animal, plant and food science and collaborate with all relevant industries. A cornerstone in achieving this is the dedicated effort within DTU Bioinformatics to develop bioinformatics, immuno-informatics, metagenomics and systems biology methods and solutions to the challenge of handling and interpreting large scale and heterogeneous big data. We run projects combining big data and laboratory research via the national supercomputing center (Computerome) and molecular genomics laboratories.

Responsibilities and tasks

• You can document a strong potential and profile for research and education within metagenomics including expertise in high performance computing in the life sciences.
• You will contribute to the promotion, development and improvement of research and education within the field of metagenomics and bioinformatics with a focus on human and/or animal microbiome.
• You will be responsible for organizing the Metagenomics and microbiome course at the DTU Bioinformatics.
• You will actively develop and run research projects or programs and seek external funding from national, EU and international funding bodies in the metagenomics and related areas.
• You will engage in supervising and/or co-supervising Masters and PhD students
• Your work will include dissemination of research results at all levels including publications in high impact journals.
• You will be responsible for establishing and strengthening the collaboration with national and international groups working in the above areas.
• You will engage in continued interaction with peers from relevant departments and centers at DTU and from other national and international research groups

Qualifications
You hold a PhD degree (or equivalent) in one or more of the following areas: metagenomics, genome informatics, bioinformatics or systems biology

• as well as academic qualifications equivalent to those obtained by holding an assistant professorship
• you must be able to document didactic/pedagogic training. 

The ideal candidate will moreover exhibit the following professional and personal qualifications:

• Solid skills in the use of Next Generation Sequence (NGS) methods and tools for Analysis of NGS data (genomic, metagenomics)
• Experience in UNIX / LINUX computing systems and HPC infrastructure
• Working experience with long-read sequencing technology such as Oxford Nanopore or Pacbio
• Knowledge of extrachromosomal elements such as viruses and plasmids as well as metagenome binning
• Skills in programming languages relevant for bioinformatics, e.g. Python, Perl, R
• Evidence of teaching at BSc and/or MSc level in relevant disciplines
• Capability of taking personal responsibility for your work and your results
• Flexibility and a general positive attitude to changes
• Motivation by both individual and team accomplishments
• Strong communication skills and fluency in both written and verbal English

Further information 
Further information may be obtained from Professor Anders Gorm Pedersen, mail gorm@bioinformatics.dtu.dk.

Application procedure 
Please submit your online application no later than 23 October 2018.

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