Medical Data Scientist / Bioinformatician | Medical Data Scientist (m/f/d) / Medizin- oder Bioinformatiker (m/w/d)
Universitätsklinikum Erlangen AöR
Job Summary
As a Medical Data Scientist within the TRR 417 research consortium, you will play a pivotal role in advancing colorectal cancer research through high-level data analysis. Based at Erlangen University Hospital, your daily responsibilities include managing research data according to FAIR principles and conducting complex bioinformatic analyses of single-cell, bulk RNA-seq, and metabolomics datasets. You will develop statistical methods for large-scale biological data and interpret molecular results in close collaboration with experimental partners. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge clinical translation and interdisciplinary research across the university clinics of Erlangen, Frankfurt, and Freiburg. The role is ideal for professionals seeking to bridge the gap between computational biology and patient care within a secure, public service environment that values scientific publication and innovation in machine learning and graph neural networks.
Required Skills
Education
Master's degree or PhD in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Data Science, or a related field.
Experience
- Professional experience in the analysis of high-throughput data such as RNA-seq and Single-Cell Omics
- Practical experience in data versioning and workflow management systems
- Experience working with biomedical data and established metadata standards
- Demonstrated experience in statistical modeling and machine learning applications
- Experience in scientific publishing and presenting complex biological results
Languages
Additional
- The position is based in Erlangen and is part of a collaborative research network (TRR 417). The role is subject to the TV-L collective agreement for public service employees.
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