Senior Bioinformatician

**CellCarta, formerly Biogazelle**:
Biogazelle offers **genomic and transcriptomic services**, performed in an ISO accredited lab, to support drug development during pre-clinical research and clinical trials. Our customers rely on our expertise in RNA biomarker discovery, assay development and validation; our pioneering role in **liquid biopsies** and **non-coding RNA,** and our experience with clinical trials to accelerate the development of their diagnostics and therapeutics. Our service portfolio is built on state-of-the-art technologies such as **RNA and DNA sequencing**, **qPCR** and **digital PCR**, all combined with **advanced data analysis** methods.

We are an innovative and dynamic company constantly growing and adapting its bioinformatics capabilities. To extend our dry-lab team, we are looking for a **motivated senior bioinformatician** to work together to transform data into biological knowledge and scientific insights.

**Tasks and responsibilities**

As Senior Bioinformatician you lead customer projects and internal R&D projects by conceptualizing and performing advanced data analysis tasks:

- You drive the development of novel data processing and analysis tools to enhance our bioinformatics capabilities
- You conceptualize and design data analysis workflows for customer projects and R&D activities.
- You work together with junior bioinformaticians to implement data analysis workflows.
- You interact with customers to communicate results
- You actively participate on troubleshooting by helping the team to resolve bottlenecks and issues
- You work according to our quality standards and procedures
- You design software validation plans to ensure the quality and compliance of our workflows
- You track new developments in relevant fields and bring new ideas to improve our capabilities
- Within our team you are open to learn new techniques and skills

**Competencies and skills**
- A PhD in bioinformatics (or similar by experience) with a strong background in -omics data analysis and software development
- Extensive programming experience in R and Python
- Experience with working in cloud environment
- Experience with qPCR, digital PCR, DNA-seq or RNA-seq technology (data processing and/or data analysis)
- Experience with single-cell RNA-sequencing, spatial transcriptomics, multi-omics data integration or computational deconvolution is a plus.
- Attention to quality, accuracy, and detail; critical mindset
- Problem solving skills and result oriented approach
- Time management skills: able to handle multiple projects and changing priorities
- Good communication skills: proactively communicate (spoken and written)
- Team player: you like working with peers; sense of innitiative

**Our offer**
- A full-time position
- Salary package:

- wage based on experience and seniority
- legal benefits:

- meal/eco vouchers
- compensation public transport / bicycle mileage allowance
- hospitalization insurance
- holidays: 20 days legal holiday + 12 ADV days
- An opportunity to become part of a rapidly growing young company with future career development and growth opportunities

**How to apply?**:
**Contact**:
Biogazelle, Technologiepark 82, B-9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium

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