Scientific Data Curator (f/m) in bioinformatics

ITTM S.A.
Luxembourg Esch-sur-Alzette
www.ittm-solutions.com

Description

ITTM (Information Technology for Translational Medicine) S.A. is a young and dynamic start-up company which is specialised in management and analysis of data from clinical trials.
We are seeking to employ an enthusiastic post-doctoral researcher to coordinate and execute a framework of bioinformatics projects; to develop, extend and maintain an Alzheimer’s Disease Map (disease-related molecular interactions) in close collaboration with our industry partner.

Type of Employment: full time (40 h/week); start date: as soon as possible
Contract type: fixed term (2 years, may be extended)
Languages needed: English
Travel time: 20%

Your duties:
• Coordination and executing of a framework of bioinformatics projects on curation, exploration and maintenance of disease maps (in particular: Alzheimer’s Disease)
• Management of collaborations with wetlab scientists on application of disease maps in experimental design
• Management of collaborations with computational biologists on development and refinement of analytical pipelines for disease maps
• Presentation and promotion of the projects at international events

Offer:
• Interesting and diverse working field in a young, international and dynamic startup in Luxembourg.
• Flexible working hours
• Your competitive salary will be based on your skills and experience

ITTM S.A. is an equal opportunity employer.
All applications (in english) will be treated in the strictest confidentiality and should contain the following documents: detailed curriculum vitae, cover letter, list of publications, description of past research experience and future interests, name and addresses of three referees.


Qualifications

Requirements.
• Experienced in medical aspects of molecular biology, ‘omics’ and genetics in neurodegenerative disorders – especially in Alzheimer’s Disease
• Experienced in management of scientific projects
• Familiar with a wide set of analytical methods and bioinformatics tools
• Detail-oriented, highly organized, having excellent written and verbal communications skills and capable of communicating complex materials to co-workers and project partners
• Having strong interpersonal skills, capable of coordinating efforts of a multi-disciplinary team.
• You have very good IT user skills especially with the MS Office package.
• Experience in the curation of medical and biological data and knowledge of biological descriptive languages (SMBL, openBEL or BioPAX) is a strong advantage


Start date

As soon as possible

How to Apply

In case the job description is interesting for you, please send your complete application (incl. salary proposal) until 15.03.2017 via eMail to info@ittm-solutions.com.
Please indicate clearly the position and position-ID. Contact: Dr. Andreas Kremer


Contact

Andreas Kremer
info@ittm-solutions.com