Bioinformatician/Scientific Assistant (f/m/d) – Next Generation Sequencing

The Hanseatic city of Rostock is a lively and child-friendly port city on the Baltic Sea. The University Medical Center Rostock (www.med.uni-rostock.de) is the maximum care provider for the Rostock region, a growth region with great potential.

To strengthen our “Next Generation Sequencing Unit” team, we are looking for a bioinformatician/scientific assistant (full-time 40 hours/week, open-ended and remunerated according to the TV-L) in the area of implementation and execution of bioinformatic analyses in the field of high-throughput nucleic acid analyses/next-generation sequencing as part of a new sequencing unit to be set up at the University Medical Center Rostock as soon as possible. Responsibilities include the development of bioinformatics pipelines for high-throughput data analysis and interpretation in a clinical-diagnostic context. The role also involves participation in national and international networks for nucleic acid data analysis as well as involvement in molecular tumor boards (MTB). Additionally, the position requires support in the bioinformatic implementation of innovative sequencing technologies such as Nanopore-Seq and various other molecular biology methods.

Tender no. 412 E/2024
End of tender: open

• Implementing pipelines for bioinformatic analysis of panel, exome, and genome sequencing
• Working with software applications for different sequencing platforms (Illumina/Oxford Nanopore/Ion Torrent)
• Communication with national and international consortia for sequencing analysis
• Interaction with collaborative Partners
• Close cooperation with clinical staff, bioinformaticians, and technical personnel
• Assisting with the structured preservation of generated data
• Independent evaluation and presentation of scientific results

• A completed university degree, ideally in bioinformatics, computer science, biology, medical biotechnology, or related fields
• Experience in programming bioinformatic pipelines
• Experience in NGS data analysis, potentially including microarray analysis
• Very good command of English, both written and spoken
• Analytical and goal-oriented approach, responsibility, teamwork, and flexibility, ideally demonstrated in previous work
• Willingness to collaborate with interdisciplinary research teams

• Collaboration within an interdisciplinary team closely linked to clinical applications
• Regular exchange with collaborative partners
• Various opportunities for further education
• Company health management
• Company pension scheme in the VBL
• Discounted job ticket (Employer subsidy) for local public transport
• Company conditions in Rostock gyms, at selected events and in selected pharmacies
• access to university sports

Please send your complete application documents, quoting the above job posting number via email (PDF format only, as a single file) to bewerbung{bei}med.uni-rostock.de

The University of Rostock is an equal opportunity employer.

Candidates with disabilities will be given preference in case of equal qualifications in accordance with applicable legal regulations.

Application costs will not be reimbursed according to the rules of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern