The Complex Trait Genetics lab (
www.ctglab.nl) at the Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research in Amsterdam (see
www.cncr.nl) is seeking applicants for a Postdoc Position in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology. The successful candidate will be part of the EU funded ERC Advanced Grant 'From GWAS to Function (GWAS2FUNC)', and will focus on maintaining and extending an existing web-based tool (FUMA) and developing novel statistical genetic tools. Maintaining the FUMA tool includes server management, code troubleshooting as well as some user support. Extending the tool will focus on integrating novel bioinformatic resources (e.g. expected scRNAseq data from the Allen Brain Institute, or BRAINSCAPES) with results from genetic discoveries. This integration can be part of the existing tool FUMA (
https://fuma.ctglab.nl) developed by our lab, but can also comprise developing novel tools. The candidate will work in an enthusiastic team of PhD students and postdocs, with diverse backgrounds, including statistics, bioinformatics, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, psychology and stem cell biology.
The successful candidate needs to be proficient in scientific programming, with practical experience in the analysis of large bioinformatics and/or genetics datasets experience in website maintenance or willingness to learn is also preferred. Specifically we are seeking a talented individual with advanced knowledge of python, bash, R, and preferably PHP, SQL, Laravel or Apache. Being familiar with genome-wide association studies, and/or experience with handling scRNAseq data is a pré.
Your duties
- maintain and extend the FUMA tool
- develop novel bioinformatic tools for integrating results from genome-wide association studies with biological information at single cell resolution
- application of tools to data on brain-related traits
- co-supervision of MSc and PhD students
- authoring and co-authoring manuscripts submitted to high quality journals
- some support (10% of time) with teaching is expected
- frequently present work at international community (at conference calls, or conferences)