Postdoctoral researcher bioinformatics

Join an international team which is developing sustainable tools to predict antimicrobial resistance in low-resource settings. Your work will focus on analysing the role of mobile genetic elements in surveillance.

Postdoctoral researcher bioinformatics

Dit ga je doen

You will work in an exciting international project that develops and validates approaches for One Health antimicrobial resistance surveillance in sub-Saharan Africa as part of an enthusiastic team with different expertises. As part of this project, you will analyse mobile genetic elements in metagenomic data from hospital, community-level and household samples. You will further develop an educational workshop on bioinformatics methods and conduct the workshop at the partner sites.

Hier ga je werken

This position will be situated at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, in the department of Global Health, where we strive to improve human health and create the healthcare of tomorrow, equitably and globally, through research, education, capacity strengthening and impact.

You will work in close collaboration with the department of Medical Microbiology. This department is responsible for infectious disease diagnostics (bacteriology, virology, serology, mycology and parasitology), clinical microbiological consultancy, and infection prevention at the University Medical Center Utrecht.

Dit neem je mee

The candidate should have demonstrable experience in working with bioinformatics in the context of microbiology. Also, you have a strong interest in teaching and are preferably familiar with The Carpentries-style workshops. You are a team player, and motivated to collaborate with international partners, in low and high-resource settings. A willingness to travel to project partners is required. A PhD is preferred but non-PhD candidates with at least four years relevant experience will be considered.

Dit bieden we jou

• Year-end bonus of 8.3% and holiday allowance of 8%.
• Pension insurance with ABP. We take care of approximately 70% of the monthly contribution.
• 100% public transport reimbursement. Are you coming on foot, by bike or by car? You will then receive a reimbursement of € 0.18 per km (by car up to a max. of 40 km one way).
• Possibilities to develop yourself personally and professionally.
• The option to select additional employment benefits in exchange for gross salary, such as purchasing a bicycle and memberships.