Job Description

Duties/Pligte

Teaching:

Developing and teaching honours and masters courses in bioinformatics.

Research:

Conducting high-quality research in bioinformatics, securing external funding, publishing scholarly articles, and supervising postgraduate students up to PhD level.

Service:

Participating in departmental activities such as curriculum development, advising students, and serving on committees.



Job Requirements/Pos VereistesPhD in bioinformatics or a related field (e.g., Computer Science with a focus on biological applications). Academic experience: At least eight years post-PhD experience in the field of bioinformatics. Teaching expertise: Proven ability to teach bioinformatics courses effectively at postgraduate level. Experience supervising postgraduate students up to PhD level. Research excellence: A strong record of peer-reviewed publications in top-tier journals related to bioinformatics or biomedical research. Funding success: Demonstrated ability to secure external grants for research projects. Interdisciplinary collaboration: Experience working with researchers from diverse backgrounds (biology, computer science, statistics). Programming skills: Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, or R. Data analysis skills: Strong background in statistical analysis techniques relevant to biological data interpretation. Proven experience in processing and analysing high-dimensional data.



Recommendation/AanbevelingFamiliarity with cloud computing platforms. Expertise in bacterial genetics. Expertise in human genetics. Experience of machine learning techniques applied to biological data. Participation in international collaborations. * Experience in single-cell RNA sequencing.