ICIPE Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioinformatics Jobs in Kenya
Overall purpose of the job
The job holder will offer bioinformatics leadership, data analysis support, and capacity building within the Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics Unit.
Specific duties
Provide support for bioinformatics data analysis within icipe (genomics, transcriptomics, and metagenomics data).
Build bioinformatics capacity within the center by developing and maintaining analysis workflows, establishing infrastructure, and training programs.
Develop and maintain bioinformatics software for different research projects, as well as adapt existing code and pipelines and provide programming support.
Assist the system administrator with the maintenance of the bioinformatics server.
Partner with other organizations that advance bioinformatics capacity in Africa.
Supervise students and interns on relevant projects.
Provide support to resource mobilisation and proposal development.
Establish active bioinformatics and computational biology research programs relevant to icipe’s mission.
Support analysis of project next-generation sequencing (Illumina & Oxford Nanopore) data.
Requirements/qualifications
PhD in computational biology, bioinformatics, computer science, genetics, or genomics.
Experience gained in bioinformatics research and training groups.
Extensive knowledge of bioinformatics approaches for analysis of omics data.
Support Linux environments, Python, R, git version control, and best practices for reproducible bioinformatics analysis are required.
At least 2 years’ experience working in a bioinformatics research and training group.
Experience in Linux environments, Python, R, git version control, and best practices for
reproducible bioinformatics analysis.
Responsible for the executed activities and outputs, with significant decision-making.
Mentor and train staff, develop programs, and plan their execution.
In charge of budgets and monitoring, providing information and data to other units.
At least 2 peer-reviewed papers submitted per year.
Contribute fundraising for projects as PI and co-applicant, with at least 2 concepts/proposals
submitted every year.
Contribute to internal and external relations with stakeholders about the scope of their activities.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; ICIPE Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioinformatics Jobs in Kenya
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