At the Department of Biology, Institute of cell biology, for a period of 3 years (December 1st 2012 to November 30th 2015, with optional prolongation) a position as a Ph.D. student in comparative genomics (drylab) is available. Salary and benefits are according to a public service position in Germany (TV-H E 13, 50%; optional 65% depending on vacancy).
The position is to be staffed temporary and will offer the possibility of further scientific qualification in the frame of the assigned duties. The Rensing lab (http://plantco.de, professorship for cell biology at the University of Marburg) is a joint wetlab/drylab group interested in the evolution of plants in the wide sense (including algae). Our main organism is the model moss Physcomitrella patens, our main theme is comparative genomics. We are looking for a Ph.D. student with drylab background.
The position requires an M.Sc. or equivalent in bioinformatics, computer science or biology (bioinformatics skills are mandatory), fluency in English, ability to interact with wetlab researchers, good communication skills and interest in academic research. Programming skills in Perl or Python are expected, as well as skillful command line use and R or Matlab experience. Good IT/sysadmin skills, knowledge of statistics, experience with databases, Gbrowse and handling of high throughput sequencing data, as well as fluency in German are helpful. The successful candidate will work on comparative genomics, phylogenomics and epigenomics of P. patens and other plants and algae. The work will encompass the analysis of high through-put RNA, DNA and ChIP sequencing data, as well as machine learning/predictive approaches, phylogenetic methods and data visualization.
We support women and particularly invite them to apply. Applicants with children are welcome ā€“ the Philipps-University is certified as a family friendly university. Sharing a full-time position (Ā§ 8 Abs. 2 S. 1 HGlG) as well as a reduction of working time is possible. Applicants with a disability as described in SGB IX (Ā§ 2 Abs. 2, 3) will be preferred in case of equal quali-fications.
As the documents will not be returned after end of the selection procedure, please do not send originals. Application and interview costs can not be refunded.
Please send your application mentioning registration number fb17-0029-wmz-2012 including a cover letter, recent C.V. with list of publications, two potential referees and list of skills as a single PDF to stefan.rensing@uni-marburg.de, deadline September 30th 2012.