Bioinformatician (m/f/d)

Düsseldorf University Hospital (UKD) is the largest hospital in the state capital and one of the most important medical centers in North Rhine-Westphalia. The 9,300 employees at UKD and its subsidiaries are committed to treating over 45,000 inpatients and 270,000 outpatients every year. The UKD stands for international excellence in patient care, research and teaching, as well as for innovative and safe diagnostics, therapy and prevention. Patients benefit from the intensive interdisciplinary cooperation between the 60 clinics and institutes. The particular strength of the University Hospital is the close integration of clinical and research work for the safe application of new methods. Tomorrow's medicine is being created at the UKD. Every day.

The Institute of Pathology of the University Hospital Düsseldorf is looking for a new position from 01.10.2025 until 31.08.2027.

Bioinformatician (m/f/d)

The employment is within the framework of the Scientific Fixed-Term Contract Act (WissZeitVG according to Section 2 Paragraph 2) and is initially limited until the end of the project on August 31, 2027.

In the consortial ENDOFERT project on endometriosis funded by the BMBF, a sub-project is dedicated to spatial transcriptomics. Technologies such as COSMX (Nanostring), Xenium (10x Genomics) or CODEX assays are used. In addition, scripts will also be developed using open source tools (QuPath, lmageJ etc.).
The project analyzes the microenvironment of endometriosis, which will be compared with previous experience in the field of carcinogenesis. Integration with the Bio-lnformatics Core Unit and international network partners also enables rapid access to the topic. The instrumental equipment offers excellent starting conditions due to the acquired digital tissue microarray platform and the GPU expansion of the HPC infrastructure at the Düsseldorf site.

Responsibilities:

• Bioinformatic processing and analysis of spatial OMICS data sets
• Establishment of required bioinformatic analysis software in close coordination with the core bioinformatics unit
• Interface management between TMA platform, CUBI, Core Unit Spatial Omics.
• Basic bioinformatic data analysis of sequencing data

Qualifications:

• Completed university degree (Master or PhD) in bioinformatics, computational biology or a related field
• lnterest in interdisciplinary research
• Experience in project management
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Strang ability to work in a team

Our offer:

• A collaborative work environment in a fresch and innovative team
• Weil equipped laboratory and office space
• The opportunity to join the Heine Research Academies (HeRA) for professional development and networking, to participate in mentoring programs, and to receive support for research funding and travel expenses
• An exciting and diversified position in a pleasant working atmosphere
• Daycare center
• Staff accommodation
• Inexpensive dining options

Remuneration is in accordance with the provisions of the TV-L in pay group 13.

The employment contract is concluded with the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf.

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf is aiming to increase the proportion of women. Applications from women will therefore be given preference if they have the same suitability, ability and professional performance, unless reasons related to the person of a competitor prevail. Heinrich Heine University is committed to the principle of excellence through diversity. We signed the “Diversity Charter” and successfully participated in the Stifterverband´s “Shaping Diversity” audit. It is certified as a family friendly university and has set itself the goal of promoting the diversity of its employees. The application of suitable severely disabled and equivalent disabled people according to SGB IX is desired. The work area is generally suitable for part-time staff.

Your contact person for technical questions is Prof. Dr. Tilman Rau, [email protected] .

By sending the application documents, the applicant agrees that they become the property of the University Hospital Düsseldorf and will not be returned for reasons of cost.

Please send your written application with the usual application documents within two weeks of the publication of this advertisement, preferably by email, to the following address: