Do you want to play a role in creating the connection between ICT and Biology? Maastricht University is looking for a research software engineer to join our Bioinformatics department (BiGCaT) to maintain, improve and develop open-source bioinformatics software and services.
We are looking for a research software engineer interested in joining our bioinformatics department. Your main responsibility will be to support our broad range of open-source bioinformatics software, workflows, and services. Our bioinformatics research aims to answer complex biological questions that cannot be answered with basic information sources. Our digital tools basically consist of four types of “devices”: high-quality data analysis and software, supported by modern hardware and operating systems. If these requirements are not met, researchers cannot efficiently solve the problems at hand and your role in the group is to support their work. For this position, you need to have sufficient knowledge of biology and bioinformatics in order to support ongoing development and research, but it also requires being aware of IT security and compliance with GDPR, copyright laws.
Your main tasks will include contributions to maintain and develop existing tools and services (including WikiPathways, PathVisio, BridgeDb, Cytoscape, Chemistry Development Kit), development of novel workflows, share knowledge with colleagues by giving presentations, co-organizing workshops, training courses and similar events, and promote the sustainable use of technologies, such as quality of the eScience aspects within projects, including design, documentation and testing.
Fixed-term contract: 12 months.
As a Research software engineer at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, you will be employed by the most international university of the Netherlands, located in the beautiful city of Maastricht. In addition, we offer you:
The terms of employment of Maastricht University are set out in the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities (CAO). Furthermore, local UM provisions also apply. For more information look at the website www.maastrichtuniversity.nl > About UM > Working at UM
Why work at Maastricht University?
At Maastricht University (UM), everything revolves around the future. The future of our students, as we work to equip them with a solid, broad-based foundation for the rest of their lives. And the future of society, as we seek solutions through our research to issues from all around the world. Our six faculties combined provide a comprehensive package of study programmes and research.
In our teaching, we use the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) method. Students work in small groups, looking for solutions to problems themselves. By discussing issues and working together to draw conclusions, formulate answers and present them to their peers, students develop essential skills for their future careers.
With over 22,300 students and more than 5,000 employees from all over the world, UM is home to a vibrant and inspiring international community.
Are you drawn to an international setting focused on education, science and scholarship? Are you keen to contribute however your skills and qualities allow? Our door is open to you! As a young European university, we value your talent and look forward to creating the future together.
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At the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML), everything revolves around healthy living. Our research and education focuses not only on recovery, but also on prevention, health maintenance and health promotion. Our mission is to use our knowledge and expertise to bring about healthy lives for individuals and for society as a whole. FHML works closely in education, research and healthcare provision with the Maastricht academic hospital, together with which it forms the Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+).
The largest faculty at Maastricht University, FHML is home to an international community of staff and students. We offer a wide range of Dutch- and English-taught bachelor’s and master’s programmes, using innovative educational concepts and building bridges to practice.
Research at FHML is multidisciplinary and revolves around select, topical themes. It encompasses the full spectrum, from fundamental research aiming to gain new insights to research whose results translate directly into concrete applications and innovations. The various research programmes are organised into our six graduate schools and two research institutes.
The Department of Bioinformatics (https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/research/bioinformatics) has a dedicated, young, interdisciplinary team working closely with other scientists and institutions. Founded by Prof. dr. Chris Evelo in 2001, the research group is part of the NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism at the Faculty of Health, Medicine, and Life Sciences at Maastricht University.
The department is involved in (inter)national initiatives to analyse, collect, share and integrate biological data. It uses a range of new methods and tools. These include:
? high-throughput data analysis workflows
? bioinformatics and cheminformatics software
? structuring and collecting biological processes in WikiPathways
? pathway analysis in PathVisio
? network analysis in Cytoscape
? semantic web tools using RDF, ontologies, and SPARQL
? FAIR data solutions
? web services for all the above
NUTRIM - School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism
NUTRIM is internationally recognised as Centre of Excellence for research on obesity, diabetes, COPD and cancer cachexia.
NUTRIM has approximately 134 researchers, 256 PhD students and 63 support staff. Our core research programme is organised around integrated multidisciplinary themes in three divisions including 18 clinical and basic sciences departments of Maastricht University Medical Centre+ (MUMC+).
Translational research on lifestyle, ageing and diseases induced metabolic and inflammatory disorders is conducted with a specific focus on nutrition.
NUTRIM aims to contribute to health maintenance and personalised medicine by unraveling lifestyle and disease-induced derangements in metabolism and by developing targeted nutritional, exercise and drug interventions.
This is facilitated by a state of the art research infrastructure and close interaction between scientists, clinicians, master and PhD students.
For more information contact Dr. Susan Steinbusch-Coort and Dr. Egon Willighagen (secretariat-bigcat@maastrichtuniversity.nl).
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