Core tasks of this position will include:

• Integrate multimodal data in the context of host-pathogen datasets
• Explore new integration methods
• Analyse single-cell transcriptomic and spatial datasets
• Work with pathogen and immunological datasets
• Develop and maintain computational pipelines for the BNITM research community
• Provide bioinformatics support to other BNITM groups
• Contribute to teaching and training activities within the Otto group
• Supervise bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD students
• Contribute to project development and independent research initiatives

Your profile:

• Completed PhD in the field of computer science, bioinformatics or biological sciences - or have equivalent expertise
• Strong expertise and experience in bioinformatics
• Expertise and experience in programming, R or Python
• Experience with genomics or transcriptomics, next-generation sequencing analysis
• Expertise in AI/ML is a plus
• Expertise working with pathogen datasets is a plus
• Expertise in immunology is a plus
• Experience in teaching is a plus
• Proficiency in English (oral and written)
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to plan and execute experiments independently and flexibly
• Strong team spirit and communication skills
• Creative mindset and strong problem-solving capabilities
• Proficiency in commonly used office software is expected (e.g. Office, Adobe is a plus)

What we offer:

• An interesting and challenging job in a creative, supportive and highly motivated team
• An attractive, interdisciplinary research environment with state-of-the-art facilities
• Opportunities to realise independent research projects
• 30 days of vacation per year
• Flexible and family-friendly working hours
• Childcare subsidy
• Subsidy for HVV-ProfiTicket as "Deutschlandticket” (Basic)
• Company pension scheme
• Opportunities for further education and training