Research Scientist in the area of Plant bioinformatics

компания "the skolkovo institute of science and technology" skoltech is an international university and a major research center founded in 2011. skoltech is included in the top-100 of the worldchr(39)s strongest young universities in the natural sciences (nature index). 1200+ employees (international team). 13 research centers (ai, oil and gas, neurotech, biotech, etc.). best practices and expertise through international professional environment. the international digital agriculture laboratory at the skolkovo institute of science and technologies - skoltech – works with industry and academics to foster innovation and agro-industrial development. we develop high-level, cutting-edge, basic research programs, towards quick delivering of improved plant varieties or animal breeds; and some digital agriculture solutions. we are looking for a motivated and talented postdoc that is eager to work on cutting-edge research projects within our young and international team. the applicant will contribute to multidisciplinary projects in direct cooperation with plant geneticists and genomicists, plant breeders and molecular biologists, and support teams, in a frame of national and international cooperation with public institutes and companies. specific responsibilities include: will be involved in an international collaborative eu project aiming to promote the use of vicia spp crop in agricultural system; will discover genetic diversity using ngs data and establish population genomics of two vicia species; will participate to set-up pipelines to analyze and organize genomic diversity data (whole genome resequencing or other methods, snp array) for other plant genomes (soybean, potatoes, etc.); will participate to the genome sequence project for one industrial crop. you may find opportunities to undergo gwas and genomic prediction for some major adaptation and agronomic traits. essential skills required: phd in bioinformatics or a related discipline, or in biological science in a relevant field of molecular breeding or quantitative genetics, or statistical genetics. expertise in bash and pipelines from raw sequencing data to vcf files, and expertise in statistical software (r, python, etc.). fluent in written and oral english language is essential. in addition, applicants with one or more of the following types of experience will be preferred: possibly expertise in other types of multi-omics data (dna methylation, rna sequencing, metabolomics, proteomics); some knowledge with statistical tools and methods involved in plant modern genetics are an asset. if not, the lab will provide detailed and thorough training in this field. conditions: medical and life insurance (including dental, travel and accident insurance). flexible start of the working day (as agreed with the manager). social support system chr(40)including corporate psychologist consultationschr(41). good transport accessibility (10 min. to metro stations skolkovo, every 5-10 minutes transport from the metro stations slavyansky boulevard, troparevo, kutuzovskaya, molodezhnaya and solnechnaya).