The GCCRC is looking for an experienced and creative bioinformatician to develop bioinformatics pipelines for investigating microbial genomes, metagenomes and metatranscriptomes in order to discover new mechanisms associated with plant–microorganism interaction in natural environments subjected to stressful water and nutritional conditions. The Genomics Research Center for Climate Change (GCCRC) develops technologies to increase plant tolerance against stresses imposed by global climate change.

EXPECTED QUALIFICATIONS
– Undergraduate or graduate with at least 5 years of solid experience in programming and analysis of bioinformatics data;
– Practical experience in analyzing data from large-scale sequencing platforms (Illumina, Nanopore, Pacbio, etc.);
– Experience with microbiome data, such as 16S/ITS sequencing data, assembly, annotation of microbial genomes, metagenomes or (meta)-transcriptomes, etc.;
– Knowledge of linux and programing languages (Perl, Python, R, Java, etc.);
– Experience with high-performance computing, machine learning, data visualization and big data management;
– Organizational capacity, communication skills and English communication.

To apply for this scholarship position, the candidate must send a curriculum vitae, a cover letter and recommendation letters
through this link for the position “Bioinformatics in microbiome”.