Published: 23 April 2024
Lausanne
75% – 100%
Unlimited employment
Université de Lausanne
UNIL is a leading international teaching and research institution, with over 5,000 employees and 17,000 students split between its Dorigny campus, CHUV and Epalinges. As an employer, UNIL encourages excellence, individual recognition and responsibility.
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.
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
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
Profile
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.
For further information please contact Prof. Erica van de Waal: erica.vandewaal@unil.ch
Deadline : 06.05.2024
Formal applications should include:
Only applications through this website will be taken into account.
We thank you for your understanding.
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