Introduction

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Presentation

The Department of Ecology and Evolution of the University of Lausanne invites applications for the position of a bioinformatician within the group of Prof. van de Waal.

Job information

Expected start date in position : 01.07.2024 or to be discussed

Contract length : This contrat is for minimum 1 year

Activity rate : 75%-100%

Workplace : Lausanne-Dorigny

Your responsibilities

The Laboratory of Professor van de Waal, at the Department of Ecology and Evolution, UNIL, is seeking for a highly motivated bioinformatician, with background in database programming and data curation, and with interest to work developing a database for a long-term behavioural project on a wild population of vervet monkeys (7 groups, over 250 individuals, followed since 14 years). The successful candidate will closely work with data & scientific managers of the field site, PhD students and postdoctoral fellows on developing the database for the INKAWU Vervet Project (IVP).
 
This position will require a dedicated person, able to work autonomously to carry on day-to-day tasks to participate in the achievement of the goals, and motivated to work in collaboration with a large group of international researchers to understand the dataset and the need for this database.
 
The job description is as follow:
70% Development of IVP database
20% Data Curation prior entry in IVP database
10% Support in data acquisition and usage of the database for team members

Your qualifications

• Master in bioinformatics, applied computer science or relevant field


• Good knowledge of English (able to work in English, written and spoken)


• Two year of experience in development of database and data curation; an eventual PhD will be counted as work experience


• Good knowledge of SQL programming


• Interest to understand biological datasets and research questions related to animal behaviour


• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to work in an intercultural team

 

Profile

• Strong motivation, proactivity, willingness to collaborate with researchers from various cultural backgrounds in a team spirit attitude to develop the IVP database as well as an interest to understand the behavioural datasets involved


• Ability to evaluate on their own the quality of the work done, as well as to record and communicate results with clarity and completeness


• Very good personal organization and time management skills


• Ability to take initiatives in the development of the IVP database, and to discuss with team members about options


• Persistence, patience and precision in repetitive tasks such as data cleaning

 

What the position offers you

We offer a nice working place in a multicultural, diverse and dynamic academic environment. Opportunities for professional training, a lot of activities and other benefits to discover.

Contact for further information

For further information please contact Prof. Erica van de Waal: erica.vandewaal@unil.ch

Your application

Deadline : 06.05.2024

 

Formal applications should include:

• A cover letter explaining motivation and qualification for the position


• A CV (the dates  month + year  of the previous professional experiences must be clearly indicated in the CV)


• A copy of the  MSc and PhD diploma


• A copy of the work certificates


• The contact details of 1 or 2 referees

 

Only applications through this website will be taken into account.

We thank you for your understanding.

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Additional information

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