UNIL is a leading international teaching and research institution, with over 5,000 employees and 15,500 students split between its Dorigny campus, CHUV and Epalinges. As an employer, UNIL encourages excellence, individual recognition and responsibility.
The group of Prof Christophe Dessimoz is seeking candidates for a Postdoctoral (Premier Assistant) position at the Departments of Computational Biology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Working at the interface between biology and computer science, the Dessimoz Lab (lab.dessimoz.org/) seeks to better understand evolutionary and functional relationships between genes, genomes, and species. The group is also a member of the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics.
The ideal applicant will have research interests generally aligned with the interests of the Dessimoz Lab. We have ongoing projects that would benefit from a skilled and motivated postdoc working in the areas of phylogenetic methods, in semantic data integration (e.g. RDF/SPARQL), and in bioinformatic algorithmic development. However, this is a broad search, and we expect the successful applicant to develop her or his own research direction in collaboration with the lab.
Expected start date in position: 01/06/2020 or to be agreed
Contract length: 1 year (renewable)
Activity rate: 100%
Workplace: Lausanne-Dorigny
The details of each research project will be defined together with Prof. Dessimoz depending on the main interests and competencies of the Postdoc and ongoing opportunities in the lab. Most of his/her time will be dedicated to research. The University of Lausanne has a strong training record and a minor contribution to teaching is thus expected, including the possibility of supervising masters students. The job description specifies:
We are seeking to recruit candidates with either a PhD degree in biology with solid computational and quantitative skills, or with a PhD in a quantitative area (mathematics, computer science, physics, engineering, ...) with prior research activity in biological sciences.
Prior experience in publishing papers in peer-reviewed journals is required, but note that we support the principles of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) principles.
Candidates need to have demonstrated programming skills—ideally in the areas of bioinformatics, computational biology, and comparative genomics. Experience with evolutionary and comparative genomics analyses would be an advantage. The applicants should have a strong ability to work in a team.
A requirement from the funder (Swiss National Science Foundation) is that postdocs can only be employed up to 5 years after obtaining their PhD (6 in case of maternity leave).
Desirable interpersonal skills
We offer a stimulating working environment within a multicultural, diverse, and dynamic academic setting, with many opportunities for professional training and career development.
The Department of Computational Biology brings together researchers using computational approaches and taking advantage of data generated by high-throughput technologies to address a plethora of biological and medical questions: www.unil.ch/dbc/home.html
Although French is the common language in the Lausanne region, research activities, interactions, and seminars in both departments are conducted in English.
For further information please contact
Prof. Christophe Dessimoz, Christophe.Dessimoz@unil.ch
Deadline to apply: April 30th, 2020
Applications should include the following information:
To receive full consideration, application documents must be uploaded online through the University of Lausanne recruitment platform.
Review of applications will begin immediately.
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