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Bioinformatics research engineer

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) · State civil service

En français : Ingénieure de recherche bio-informaticienne

This job in plain words

You will analyse transcriptomic and metagenomic data on the tiger mosquito and dengue virus, as part of the European TIGRUN project. The job is based in La Réunion, at the PIMIT research unit, and requires building reproducible bioinformatics pipelines.

Open to non-civil servants

Can you apply?

Open only to contract staff, so not to civil servants alone. No nationality or other condition is stated.

Category
Category A (executive)
Diploma
Ph.D. · PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, genomics, biostatistics, systems biology or a related field
Contract
Contract staff only. Contract type and length not stated.

The profile they want:

  • PhD in bioinformatics, biostatistics, genomics or a related field
  • Proven experience in high-throughput sequencing data analysis, including RNA-seq
  • Advanced skills in Linux, R, Python and Bash
  • Experience in shotgun metagenomics or microbiome analysis
  • Strong statistics skills for multidimensional biological data
  • Good command of scientific English

What you would do

  • Design and maintain reproducible bioinformatics pipelines for high-throughput sequencing
  • Analyse transcriptomic data and run differential expression analyses
  • Analyse shotgun metagenomic data from mosquito microbiota
  • Integrate omics data with experimental and environmental metadata
  • Develop and maintain a web site to visualise the project data
  • Write scientific articles and present results at conferences

How to apply

Apply on the official offer page on Choisir le Service Public, using the Apply button.

Documents to send:

  • CV
  • Cover letter

Good to know:

  • Category A management-level post.
  • Post vacant from 1 March 2027.
  • Good command of scientific English is expected.

We wrote this summary automatically from the official offer. Only the offer published on Choisir le Service Public counts: read it before you apply. Source: Choisir le Service Public (DGAFP), Etalab 2.0 licence.

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