External Job Announcement Reg.-Nr. 5-5524/24-D
The Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Faculty of Natural Sciences III invites applications for the
position of a
Research fellow (m/f/d)
in the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) SNP2Prot "Plant Proteoform Diversity".
The position is funded from 1 October 2024 to 30 June 2028 in full time (100 %). Salaries will be according
to Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L depending on the assigned tasks and individual qualifications.
Tasks:
- Bioinformatics research within the framework of the SNP2Prot subproject D02 Development of SNPstar 2.0
and computational prediction of putative proteoform candidates with high functional proteoform variation.
- Development of a Plant Pangemome Browser for constructing, visualising, and analysing pangenomes of
diploid and polyploid monocots and eudicots including Arabidopsis, barley, wheat, rice, maize, and tomato.
- Development of bioinformatics and machine learning approaches for
- computing, visualising, and analysing orthology relationships between genes, promoter regions, and
intergenic regions within and between these pangenomes based on the conservation of protein se-
quences, gene structures, and their genomic context;
- integrating, visualising, and analysing sequence and 3D-structure data for elucidating the effects of nat-
urally occurring SNPs and ‘designer’ mutations in protein coding genes for predicting functionally modi-
fied proteoforms;
- integrating, visualising, and analysing DAP-seq data, GHT-SELEX data, ChIP-seq data, RNA-seq data,
other omics data, and 3D-structural data for elucidating the effects of non-coding SNPs in and near pu-
tative transcription factor binding sites.
- Presentation and publication of scientific data and methods
The opportunity to obtain your own academic qualification as part of a habilitation or doctorate is given.
Requirements:
- An excellent MSc degree (or equivalent) in bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science, or a
closely related discipline
- A strong interest in analysing, visualising, and elucidating the effect of natural variations and ‘designer’ mu-
tations on a pangenome level
- PhD experience in bioinformatics and publication experience in bioinformatics are considered a strong plus
- Expertise in the analysis of sequence data with bioinformatics methods and machine learning is considered
a plus
- Solid programming skills at least in Java and R, expertise in algorithm development, software development,
and database design
- Excellent English language skills (active and passive, written and spoken)
- Highly motivated to work in this central bioinformatics position with its freedom and opportunity to collab-
orate closely with any of the research groups of the CRC and our international partners in Europe and
North America
For application use the online application form at https://blo... [Vollständig anzeigen] . The submission
deadline is July 15th, 2024.
veröffentlicht 21.06.2024