Bioinformatician for the Single-Cell Omics Platform

Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
University of Copenhagen
 

We are seeking a bioinformatician to strengthen our abilities to draw robust biological inferences from large-scale data generated in the Single-Cell Omics Platform (SCOP). The role is an exciting opportunity for ambitious candidates with a bioinformatics background to work in the field of genomics services. The successful candidate will work in SCOP that provides the Center’s researchers with cutting-edge single-cell transcriptomics and epigenetics techniques and spatial transcriptomics, using state-of-the-art equipment, data science and machine learning approaches. The starting date is September 19, 2025, or after agreement.

About CBMR
The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR) is an academic research Center that pioneers groundbreaking research towards better cardiometabolic health. Through collaborative interdisciplinary research from single-cell genomics to whole-body systems, CBMR aims to transform the basic understanding of cardiometabolic health and accelerate its translation into prevention and treatment strategies. The Center’s uniquely multi- and interdisciplinary approach combines research in genetics, physiology and pharma­cology, to better understand the complex interplay of the many factors that drive cardiometabolic disease. You can learn more in the Executive Summary of CBMR's Strategy 2024–2028.

CBMR was established in 2010, at the Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences and has been in the Maersk Tower at Panum since 2017. The around 250 employees create an international, highly collaborative research environment across disciplines.

About the Platform
The Single-Cell Omics Platform is an integral part of the Center and is embedded tightly into the Danish single-cell community. The team has solid expertise in working with single-cell data, and currently comprises laboratory technicians, bioinformaticians, mathematicians and the Head of Platform.

You will work directly with many research groups daily and contribute to their research, which is often published in high impact scientific journals. See the latest publications and learn more about the platform here.

The role
As a bioinformatician in SCOP, you will be responsible for processing, analysing, and interpreting both single-cell and bulk sequencing data as well as developing and implementing new analysis workflows.

Primary tasks

• To develop and maintain computational workflows to process and analyse single cell sequencing data.
• To apply computational tools on primary sequencing data from research groups across the Center.
• To support experimental design and analysis strategy for single-cell assays and method developments.

Your profile
Required education/skills:

• A science degree in data science, applied math, applied statistics, bioinformatics, computer science, computational biomedicine, systems biology, or the like.
• Solid programming skills in the scripting languages Python or R.
• Solid experience in developing bioinformatics pipelines in pipeline management tools such as Snakemake or Nextflow
• Solid experience in processing, analysis and interpretation of single cell transcriptomics assays using tools such as Seurat, Scanpy, Cell Ranger and Salmon Alevin.
• Experience in analysing single-cell epigenetics and multiomics data.
• Experience using cloud computing.
• Solid experience with data visualization.
• Experience in working with machine learning techniques.

Personal skills:

• Motivated and hardworking personality with good social skills.
• Motivated to instruct researchers with less advanced programming skills in using the Platform’s computational workflows.
• Excellent written and oral English communication skills.
• Ability to disseminate findings and expert knowledge to users at seminars.

Desirable criteria:

• Experience in analysing spatial transcriptomics data.
• Experience in analysing NGS-based proteomics.

We offer
Creative and stimulating working conditions in a dynamic and international research environment.

• Highly motivated colleagues and the possibility to contribute to and co-author cutting-edge scientific publications.
• Attractive employment conditions.
• A centrally located workplace.

Place of employment 
The place of employment is the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

Terms of salary and employment 
The employment as a bioinformatician is a full-time position for 3 years starting September 15, 2025.

Employment will be as Academic Research Officer or Research Consultant in accordance with the provisions of the collective agreement between the Danish ministry of Finance and AC (the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations), with the possibility to negotiate a salary supplement based on prior experiences and qualifications.

Questions
For further questions about the job description and qualifications, please contact Head of Platform Mie Mechta at mie.mechta@sund.ku.dk. For questions regarding the recruitment procedure, please contact SUND HR CBMR at hr-cbmr@adm.ku.dk.

Application procedure
Your application, in English, should include:

• A letter of motivation
• Curriculum Vitae
• Copies of relevant certificates of education

Please submit your application by clicking on “Apply now” below. Only online applications will be accepted.

Application deadline: July 23, 2025, at 23:59 CET.

We reserve the right not to consider material received after the deadline, and not to consider application that do not live up to the abovementioned requirements.

The University of Copenhagen wishes to reflect the diversity of society and welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.