The Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI) was established in 1970 with the support of Save the Children Organizations of Norway and Sweden in collaboration with the Ethiopian government.
Mandates given to AHRI are to undertake biomedical, clinical and medical biotechnology research and adopt and implement scientific technologies to improve clinical care, health and well-being of the public; conduct clinical trials on new and improved medical diagnostic methods, vaccines and drugs to improve public health; build capacity of higher education and related institutions in the areas of biomedical, clinical and medical biotechnology research; and serve as a center of excellence in medical research and training
AHRI would like to hire qualified candidate in the position of Associate researcher II on Bioinformatics.
Job Description:
- Develop and lead Bioinformatics Unit
- Conduct research in the area of microbial genomics
- Grant Application
- Organize and present research findings in oral presentations and as manuscripts for publication
- Advice MSc and PhD students
- PhD in Molecular genetics/Microbiology (preferable with a background in Molecular Biology) with 6/six/ publication points
- Experience in analysis of high throughput data including gene expression, next generation sequencing, metagenomics, and other “omics” data analytics is desirable
- Strong background in statistics
- Scripting experience with one or more of the following : PERL, Python, R
- Basic Molecular Biology skills and experience in the “wet lab”
- Experience with complex trait analysis
- At least one first author peer-reviewed publication in bioinformatics/genomics
- Strong written and verbal communication skills (in English) and interpersonal skills for collaborative research environment