The research group ‘Domestication Genomics’ investigates crop evolution and adaptation, focusing on how these processes shape genetic diversity in domesticated plants and their wild ancestors. Our research centers on temperate cereals—barley, wheat, rye, and oats—leveraging the extensive collections of these crops and their wild relatives housed in the German national genebank. As part of our genomic research, we develop, maintain and apply computational pipelines.
Your tasks:
- Developing and applying computational pipelines for genome sequence assembly, sequence alignment and population genomic analysis.
- Comparing our in-house pipelines to alternatives, identifying weak spots and making necessary improvements.
Your qualifications and skills:
- You hold an M.Sc. degree in a computational science such as bioinformatics, computer science or physics.
- You have experience in software development or data science.
You fit to us:
- You have a background in a computational science and are interested in biological questions.
- You see your future in academic research.
- If you can work both independently and as part of a team.
We offer you:
- An interdisciplinary research environment at the intersection of life sciences and informatics.
- A friendly and productive working environment.
- A full-time position with 40 hours per week starting on May, 1st 2025 for 12 months.
- A gross salary up to E13 TV-L.
If you need further information, please feel free to contact Dr. Martin Mascher Tel.: 039482 5 - 243 directly.
What you need to know:
For us, your qualifications and strengths count. Therefore, everyone – independent from gender, origin, age, or possible disability – is welcome. The IPK is striving to increase the proportion of womenin sectors where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages qualified women to apply. As an institution which has been awarded the Certificate for Career and Family (“berufundfamilie”), we offer family-friendly working conditions and flexible working hours. The IPK has set a goal to employ more people with disabilities. Qualified applicants with a disability will be given preference.
Your application:
We are looking forward to receive your complete online application (letter of motivation, CV, certificates) as one single pdf-document until 26.03.2025. If you have questions or require more information, please contact Kerstin Schweigert (jobs[at]ipk-gatersleben.de). Please indicate the reference number 13/03/25 in your correspondence.
Foreign qualifications must carry out an equivalence test in Germany, which is subject to a fee.
This must be presented in the event of later hiring: https://zab.kmk.org/en/statement-comparability